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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 ...
The two sides engaged in an artillery duel when at 13:16 Texas was hit by a 240mm shell that struck the ship's conning tower and support column of the navigation bridge wounding eleven men, one of whom later died. The damage was negligible and Texas continued to fire back at the Germans. At 13:37 she scored a revenge hit with a fourteen-inch ...
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 ...
The SS United States hit the water in 1952 as "an ambassador of America’s post-war industrial power and a technological marvel," the SS United States Conservancy website says.
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 ...
A Confederate privateer sunk by USS Montauk in the Ogeechee River. Republic United States: 25 October 1865 Sank in a hurricane about 100 miles (160 km) southeast of Savannah. USS South America United States Navy: 8 December 1861 A whaler that was beached at Tybee Island. USS Water Witch United States Navy: 19 December 1864
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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.