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Texas Navy hosted by The Portal to Texas History. USS Texas Hard Hat Tour Archived 8 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine: Photos and information from a tour of closed-to-the-public areas of the ship. USS Texas (Battleship Number 35, later BB-35), 1914–1948; NavSource Online: Battleship Photo Archives Photo gallery of USS Texas at NavSource ...
USS Texas (BB-35) is a New York-class dreadnought battleship that was in commission from 1914 to 1948. In 1948, she was decommissioned and immediately became a museum ship near Houston. USS Texas (CGN-39) was in commission from 1977 to 1993. She was the second Virginia-class nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser. USS Texas (SSN-775) was ...
USS Texas was a pre-dreadnought battleship built by the United States in the early 1890s. The first American battleship commissioned, [ 1 ] she was built in reaction to the acquisition of modern armored warships by several South American countries, and meant to incorporate the latest developments in naval tactics and design.
On 5 November 1944, a kamikaze aircraft struck the ship's island, causing extensive damage and killing 50 men. Today she is a museum ship in Corpus Christi, Texas. USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) was severely damaged by two kamikaze planes striking the carrier within 30 seconds on 11 May 1945 off Okinawa, killing 390 men and wounding 264. The ship was ...
But the greatest challenge in recent years for the USS Texas has been a leaky, rusty hull that at times forced workers to pump out about 2,000 gallons (7,570 liters) of water per minute from the ...
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USS Texas (SSN-775) is a Virginia-class submarine, and the fourth warship of the United States Navy to be named after the US state of Texas. Texas was commissioned as a US Navy warship in Galveston, Texas , on 9 September 2006.
Mark 45 nuclear torpedo, similar to the two that were lost The U.S. submarine USS Scorpion sank while en route from Rota, Spain, to Norfolk, Virginia, United States. The cause of sinking remains unknown; all 99 officers and men on board were killed. Scorpion's original "full overhaul" was reduced in scope.