#Battleship Texas Foundation

[lonestarbattleship]

"We are now able to observe some features that were hidden underneath all of that pine."

Date: April 18, 2024

Posted on the Battleship Texas Foundation Group Facebook page: link

[lonestarflight]

Battleship TEXAS this morning.

Date: March 17, 2024

Posted by Andres Frawner on the Battleship Texas Foundation Group Facebook page: link

[vergilboyfriend]

On vacation and just remembered one of the people is an Anti- shipper and I just. *SCREAM*

You should take them to see USS Texas

[the-eternal-quest-for-balance]

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The USS Texas (BB-35) today, 10/29/2023

The people you see are part of the Sunday Tour that happens frequently throughout the year.

The museum ship USS Texas (BB-35). Louis Vest.

[freetheshit-outofyou]

PRESS RELEASE

LA PORTE- The Battleship Texas Foundation (BTF), with their partners, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Texas Historical Commission, announce that the Battleship Texas will be departing San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site for repairs on August 31st. Repairs will be done at Gulf Copper & Manufacturing Corporations’ Galveston Shipyard. Due to weather or day of delays, the departure is subject to potential postponement. A livestream video of the departure will be available for the public to view for free on the BTF YouTube channel and Facebook group page.

San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site, parts of Independence Parkway, and the Lynchburg Ferry will be closed from the early morning hours on August 31 until the ship has moved past the Lynchburg Ferry. The ship can be viewed throughout her route over most of the day. Good viewing locations for the public include, subject to local authority, Bayland Island, Texas City Dike, Seawolf Park, and Pier 21. The ship should pass the Texas City Dike and Seawolf Park around early to midafternoon and be in Galveston by mid to late afternoon.

All updates will be on the BTF website battleshiptexas.org. Source

[lindam54]

Battleship Texas is dry-docked in Galveston and already under repairs. Incredible work by Gulf Copper and Battleship Texas Foundation Group

[aerendil]

Watch "BATTLESHIP TEXAS DEPARTURE" on YouTube

The Battleship Texas, a New York class, and the last Battleship to serve in both world wars, is finally underway to get some much needed repairs. This feed is run by the Battleship Texas Foundation. The live feed may not have coverage as good as the big news stations, but this is where the heart is. Thank you, for all you have done to keep her afloat.

[kotjonok]

Songwriter Aerial East is used to being an outlander. As the daughter of a military family, she has spent much of her life in motion, growing up in Europe, then Texas, before finally settling in New York. Her music – which feels floaty, adrift, and intimate – reflects this sense of rootlessness, and finds peace in it. “I just wanted [my music] to be healing and calm,” she says, “something you can listen to even if the world is ending.” “The Things We Build is about struggling to feel ownership over a life you are building with someone who seems to have a more solid foundation.” The song comes with a suitably dreamy, soft-focused video, which was shot and directed by AnOther contributor Brianna Capozzi. In it, we see Aerial drift around Macy’s in a towel, sleeping in the department store’s beds and find herself at home among its mannequins. The footage is interspersed with surreal symbolic nods to American culture, with Playboy bunnies posing in front of military battleships and the hurried shopping crowds of Times Square.

[jate-kara]

Why AI? Why ‘Texas’?

Out-of-universe: because RT is based in Texas

In-universe: because the original Tex (Allison Church) died serving aboard the UNSC Texas

What we know:

Allison was a UNSC Marine

Carolina was born in 2523. When the War started in 2525, she would have been 2 years old.

Allison died when Carolina was 6 years old (2529)

The UNSC had a battleship called the Texas. It was destroyed in the First Battle of Arcadia in 2531 but was presumably involved in other conflicts prior to this point.

Why AI?

It was more or less customary to have a smart AI running the ship’s systems, to make calculations or advise and guide the crew. The Spirit of Fire had Serina; the Infinity has Roland, The Heart of Midlothian had Mo Ye, and so on. They’re incredible assets: loyal, direct, efficient, and trustworthy.

But they’re not enough. Not to win the War. Not to stop Allison from dying.

Carolina is six years old when her father sits her down and says her mother is never coming home. Carolina is six years old when he begins to bury himself in his work, begins to read and to learn and to research. They have to be better, they have to be better, he mumbles to himself, tugging his glasses from his face and rubbing at eyes that have been shrouded in exhausted shades since Allison went away. I have to make them better. I have to make all of them better. It’s not enough.

When Carolina leaves for an officer school, he barely notices she’s gone.

Why Texas?

Creating a smart AI is intensive; they’re uploaded from human brains in a process called Cognitive Impression Modeling. It’s a brilliant achievement -- but it destroys the original brain. For legal and ethical reasons, the UNSC restricts the process to using only recently-deceased donor brains.

But that hasn’t been good enough. That hasn’t been fast enough. That’s still not enough -- not to save anyone, not to win the War. There are never enough Spartans to save the day. There are only soldiers, men and women like Allison who haven’t been training since they were six years old -- men and women like Allison who are without any supersoldier augmentations, who are much more mortal. They’re brave, they’re strong, they’re stalwart and standing and so determined -- but tactically, they’re not enough.

AI make you better, make you smarter, make you faster. But like there are never enough Spartans, there are also never enough AI.

In this War, there are no prisoners. In this War, there are no rules.

The Director preempts Catherine Halsey and flash-clones his own brain to use for Cognitive Impression Modeling. It takes a few tries, takes a few errors, takes more than a few years -- but it works.  And when it works there’s a flash of triumph -- and that’s all. Alpha won’t bring her back, Alpha can never bring her back, and the process is still too slow. Still not enough. He wracks his mind for a solution, awake at all hours, pacing, pacing, and struggling for a solution. Not enough. Not enough. They have to be better. They have to be better.

In the end, he doesn’t create the answer, but he gets one anyway. The AI have to be better -- but to be better, there have to be more. Alpha spontaneously fragments, Beta is born, and for the first time since Allison died, a light flares to life. The solution is not flash-cloning; the solution is fragmentation.

It’s the foundation for Freelancer. It could end wars -- now and in the years to come. It’s pivotal. It’s revolutionary.

But it can never bring her back.

Allison is dead. Beta is a ghost. His wife’s spirit haunts that ship. It’s only fitting that her shadow should bear its name.

He calls her Texas.

[lonestarbattleship]

"This is a historic day with the 112 -year-old Battleship Texas making her way back in water after a major restoration at the Port of Galveston."

Date: March 6, 2024

Posted on the Galveston Island Facebook Page: link

[watchilove]

Tockr is well-known for incorporating U.S. history into the DNA of their timepieces, sometimes quite literally. The Battleship Texas Foundation chose to partner with the Texas-based watchmaker to produce a special series of watches, the Tockr USS Texas, made in part with salvaged material from the historic naval vessel and the world’s only remaining BB-35 dreadnought. Tockr will donate over fifty percent of the proceeds from each watch sale to The Foundation to support their efforts to restore the ship and ensure her legacy will carry on for generations to come https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Vih_aI29V/?igshid=5sksjq59u5ld

[dreamskytechnology]

Installing a High-Rise Air Handling Unit | Crane Lifting Guide

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The USS Texas, a World War I-era battleship, is undergoing a $35 million repair effort in Galveston, Texas. While the ship is in dry dock, the Battleship Texas Foundation has been providing limited tours so visitors can see the damage to the hull and the repair efforts. The tours, which began last month and run every Sunday, are only open to visitors who are at least 16 years old and who adhere to a strict dress code. The USS Texas is the oldest surviving modern naval warship and has seen service in both world wars. After the repairs are completed, the foundation intends to relocate the ship to a new location, with Baytown, Galveston, and Beaumont expressing interest in hosting it.

Story by Peter Suciu

Though it is currently possible to walk the decks of seven United States Navy battleships dating back to the Second World War which have been preserved as “museum ships”, for a few more weeks, a handful of lucky visitors will be able to see the World War I-era USS Texas (BB-35) in a very unique way.

The warship, which was completed in 1914, is currently undergoing a major $35 million repair effort in Galveston, Texas. While the ship is in drydock, and out of the water, the Battleship Texas Foundation – which maintains the vessel and is overseeing the repair efforts – has been providing limited tours. This allows visitors to see both the ravages of time on the hull, as well as the efforts to save the ship. The special tours began last month and are conducted every Sunday. Visitors must be at least 16-years-of-age, while a strict dress code of full length pants and closed shoes with good traction are required. Tickets need to be purchased in advance.

Significant Progress on USS Texas

The efforts to preserve the ship began in earnest after USS Texas was towed out of her berth to a floating dry dock at Gulf Copper Dock & Rig Repair. The journey took four tugboats pulling the ship 40 miles through the Houston Ship Channel. It is the first major restoration since the ship was sent to drydock from 1988 to 1990.

Work is currently underway to remove the 5-inch guns and see them restored – and it is likely the first time since they were installed during the 1925-1927 refit that the guns have been moved.

A Most Notable Warship

This is the largest effort to ensure that USS Texas will be preserved for future generations, and for good reason. There is simply no other vessel like her. In 1948, after seeing service in both World Wars – BB-35 became first of the eight battleships that have be transformed into a permanent floating museum – and she is also the oldest surviving modern naval warship, having turned 100 years old in March 2014. Even before seeing service during the Normandy landings and the Pacific in the Second World war, the battlewagon had a colorful career.

Soon after her commissioning, the New York-class warship was sent in service during the “Tampico Incident,” which involved the United States’ occupation of Vera Cruz, and she began fleet operations after America’s entry into the First World War.

Future Home?

Apart from the time spent in drydock during the last restoration effort, USS Texas has called the Houston Ship Channel near the San Jacinto Monument at San Jacinto State Park home – the location where Texian troops led by Gen. Sam Houston surprised and quickly defeated the Mexican Army in 1836. However, when the repairs are completed, the Battleship Texas Foundation intends to berth the ship at a different location. Baytown, Galveston, and Beaumont have all expressed interest in hosting the vessel.

Many veterans have championed Galveston as it was the original home of the Texas Navy dating back to the era of the Texas Republic – and USS Texas is still its honorary ���flagship” In addition, Seawolf Park is located on Galveston’s Pelican Island, home to the World War II submarine USS Cavalla and one of only three destroyer escorts in the world, the USS Stewart.

[jasonmdx]

01-31 | Battleship TEXAS Foundation Now Accepting Proposals for Battleship TEXAS's New Home #TexasFishing https://jaxbch.net/var/www/jaxbch.net/public_html/cli/news/texas-fishing/item/17620-01-31-battleship-texas-foundation-now-accepting-proposals-for-battleship-texas-s-new-home