That makes me sad. I didn’t know the Texas was in such bad shape.
A former navy guy told me a story about a ship they took out of mothballs and spent millions on retrofitting. During an inspection when it was all done the inspector kicked a gun mount and the mount and half a huge bolt chipped off. He said, “We’re going to scrap it.” That was the end of the inspection and the ship.
Prior to that story I always imagined that a ship would still be structurally sound even a century after it was made. The Titanic is apparently just a pile of iron oxide.
I visited the Texas in 1964 as a ten-year-old. I was impressed. But when I went below deck I was shocked that you could see from one end to the other. A single hit would have been devastating. Also, it was 100 degrees outside and the engines were off course cool. It was a hundred degrees below decks. Can you imagine what it would be like at full steam? Damn!