Posted on 08/31/2022 6:07:17 AM PDT by CodeToad
While in service, the USS Texas sailed through some of the globe’s most treacherous waters.
The Texas is one of only eight ships to serve in both world wars. Its crew supported American troops on D-Day and on Iwo Jima. After being decommissioned, the Texas became a floating museum, docked beside the old San Jacinto Battleground near Houston.
On Wednesday, the Texas will once again set out into open waters when a group of tugboats tows it to a dry dock in Galveston, where the ship will undergo extensive repairs on its hull as part of a long-term plan to preserve the vessel. The journey will be live-streamed starting about 3 a.m.
Bruce Bramlett, chief operating officer for the Battleship Texas Foundation, spoke to Texas Standard about moving the Texas and the ship’s future.
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I was born in Pasadena, Texas - went to the San Jacinto monument, and the USS Texas over 100 times at minimum.
If you’ve never been a sailor, you should visit her, or the Lexington in Corpus Christi and appreciate what our fore fathers survived to give us a life.
If you are a sailor, visit anyway, because the Texas will never give up.
The Texas is the last floating dreadnaught in the world.
Period.
She survived WWI, and WWII. Earning MANY battle E’s in her duty.
I finally toured the USS Alabama last year. I was impressed by her size but also by the small offices and areas for operations. Real respect for those that served on her.
Update for the Texans (and others) who care about these old ships.
Very nice! They’ve gotten pretty far into the project, more than I expected.
Battleship Texas to be refloated:
https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/battleship-texas-back-into-water/285-7926c96d-28ba-4abf-be49-44eb7af448d3
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