To: fso301
The USS TEXAS fired 225 14 inch shells at Pointe du Hoc on D Day. This, out of 445 fired on June 6 and over 600 during the invasion.
I dont think our soldiers cared that the old girl was from 1898.
44 posted on
06/24/2015 2:30:33 PM PDT by
Sasparilla
(If you want peace, prepare for war.)
To: Sasparilla
Different battleship, Texas.
48 posted on
06/24/2015 2:47:40 PM PDT by
shankbear
(The tree of Liberty appears to be perishing because there are few patriots willing to refresh it.)
To: Sasparilla
The USS TEXAS fired 225 14 inch shells at Pointe du Hoc on D Day. This, out of 445 fired on June 6 and over 600 during the invasion. I dont think our soldiers cared that the old girl was from 1898.You are thinking of the USS Texas BB-35 which was built approximately 30 years after the original USS Texas.
66 posted on
06/24/2015 7:54:48 PM PDT by
fso301
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