#uss texas

[lonestarbattleship]

"Drydock #3 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard fills as USS TEXAS (SSN 775) prepares to undock. TEXAS is at the shipyard for a scheduled maintenance period."

US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Charlotte C. Oliver. Released on February 20, 2024.

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[supplyside]

Dreadnought

[enriquemzn262]

The evolution of USS Texas, from a Standard battleship to a radar-equipped shore bombardment battleship.

[freetheshit-outofyou]

Commissioned some beautiful Battleship Texas scrimshaw grips for my Battleship Texas Commemoratives…. Old school navy artistry… on bone…. Source

[redarmyscreaming]

Normandy -- This was a 1914-1918 war memorial - On D-DAY it was damaged, possibly by shells from the 14 inch guns of USS Texas

[lonestarflight]

Battleship TEXAS this morning.

Date: March 17, 2024

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

[its-a-wicked-twisted-road]

[karagin22]

USS TEXAS

[imkeepinit]

Fleet battleships USS Arizona (BB-39), USS Nevada (BB-36), USS Maryland (BB-46), and the USS Texas depart San Francisco Bay, passing under the incomplete Golden Gate Bridge. The spans of the bridge will meet on November 18, 1936.

USS California enters San Francisco Bay on October 11, 1936.

[lonestarbattleship]

A successful landing of an F.1 Sopwith Camel, piloted by Lieutenant Commander Eddie McDonnell, at a nearby field in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He and his aircraft were the first to take off from a battleship, USS TEXAS (BB-35).

Photographed on March 10, 1919.

Posted on the Battleship Texas Overnight Program Facebook page: link

Posted on the Naval History and Heritage Command Facebook page:link

Posted on the National Naval Aviation Museum Facebook page: link

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[awesome-casuallyfamouscollector]

P.S. The photo was taken at a time when America still had a true understanding of the values ​​of freedom and the need to defend them with real force...

USS Nevada and USS Texas in Belfast Lough, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, May 14 1944.

[theadmiralwho]

The Texas is afloat again!  She looks pretty good for a 110 year old ship (launched 18 May 1912 and commissioned on 12 March 1914).  Those guns if they were operable could sink anything afloat today in a one to one action barring missiles and aircraft.

[national-spain]

USS Texas in New York harbor, ca. 1914

[redarmyscreaming]

Mr. Riley, the feline mascot of the USS Texas, who was born on the ship and went through the July 3, 1898 Battle of Santiago de Cuba on board. The young gentlemen who assisted him to have his portrait taken is the son of the captain, Captain Phillips.

[histrorybygosh]

USS Texas (BB-35)