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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.
Four warships of the U.S. Navy have been named the USS Texas for the State of Texas: USS Texas (1892) was a pre-dreadnought battleship that was in commission from 1895 to 1911. 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 ...
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The United States Navy began the construction of battleships with USS Texas in 1892, although its first ship to be designated as such was USS Indiana. Texas and USS Maine, [a] commissioned three years later in 1895, were part of the New Navy program of the late 19th century, a proposal by then Secretary of the Navy William H. Hunt to match ...
Reina Mercedes (1892) USS Oregon (BB-3) USS Texas (1892) USS Brooklyn (CA-3) Don Juan de Austria (1883) Isla de Luzón (1887) Isla de Cuba (1887) USS Iowa (BB-4) Ocupación estadounidense de la República Dominicana (1916-1924) USS Gloucester (1891) USS Ericsson (TB-2) USS Petrel (PG-2) Torrotito de la Armada de los Estados Unidos; Clase Bainbridge
Maritimequest USS Texas BB-35 photo gallery; 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
For a list exclusively of currently commissioned ships, see the List of current ships of the United States Navy. For ships with unique names, "USS Shipname" redirects to the ship article. For reused names, "USS Shipname" is an index page for the ships of that name; the links after the name lead to the specific ship pages.