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	USS Texas (BB-35) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Texas (BB-35), a New York-class battleship, was the second ship to honor Texas, the 28th state, in the United States Navy.
		Texas served in the Pacific until 1924 when she returned to the east coast for overhaul and to participate in a training cruise to European waters with Naval Academy midshipmen embarked.
		Texas was towed to San Jacinto State Park where she was decommissioned on 21 April 1948, and turned over to the state of Texas to serve as a permanent memorial.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Texas_(BB-35) (3640 words)

	Texas - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Texas has borders on the west with New Mexico, on the north with Oklahoma (across the Red River), and on the east with Louisiana (across the Sabine River) and with Arkansas.
		Texas can claim that 'Six Flags' have flown over its soil: the Fleur-de-lis of France, and the national flags of Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the United States of America and the Confederate States of America.
		Texas became the first, and to date, the only internationally recognized independent state directly admitted to the United States as a constituent state of the union.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /texas.htm (2859 words)

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		Texas served in the Pacific until 1924 when she returned to the east coas t for overhaul and to participate in a training cruise to European waters with Naval Academy midshipmen embarked.
		Texas' commanding officer, Capt. Baker, miraculously escaped unhurt and quickly had the bridge cleared, The warship herself continued to deliver her 14-inch shells in spite of dama ge and casualties.
		Texas was towed to San Jacinto Sta te Park in Texas where she was decommissioned on 21 April 1948 and turned over to the state of Texas to serve as a permanent memorial.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/battlesh/bb35.htm (3492 words)

	USS Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first Texas was the Navy's first battleship, which served from 1895 until 1911.
		The second Texas (BB-35) was a dreadnought battleship that served in both World Wars.
		The fourth Texas (SSN-775) will be the second Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine when she joins the fleet in 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Texas (124 words)

	USS Texas (CGN 39)
		USS TEXAS was the second ship in the VIRGINIA-class of nuclear powered guided missile cruisers and was the third ship in the Navy named after the state of Texas.
		USS TEXAS' maiden deployment was with the USS NIMITZ Battle Group in the Mediterranean Sea and North Arabian Sea during the Iranian Hostage Crisis.
		TEXAS' third deployment was with the USS CARL VINSON Battle Group, and included an around the world cruise which allowed her to visit every inhabited continent except South America and sail all the oceans except the Arctic.
	www.navysite.de /cg/cgn39.htm (904 words)

	DANFS: USS Texas (BB-35)
		Texas' commanding officer, Capt. Baker, miraculously escaped unhurt and quickly had the bridge cleared, The warship herself continued to deliver her 14-inch shells in spite of damage and casualties.
		Texas did not participate in the occupation of the islands and roadstead at Kerama Retto carried out on the 26th but moved in on the main objective instead, beginning the prelanding bombardment that same day.
		Texas was towed to San Jacinto State Park in Texas where she was decommissioned on 21 April 1948 and turned over to the state of Texas to serve as a permanent memorial.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/BB/bb35.html (3455 words)

	The USS Texas
		The USS Texas started her first mission without the usual shakedown cruise, by joining Rear Admiral Fletcher’s force off Vera Cruz to support the American forces on shore.
		During the Operation Overlord “D-Day” invasion at Normandy on June 6, 1944 the USS Texas fired on Nazi land defenses and carried planes for the landing at Omaha beach.
		This drive was successful and on April 21, 1948 the USS Texas was decommissioned and turned over to the State of Texas to serve as a permanent memorial.
	ks.essortment.com /usstexas_rciw.htm (1042 words)

	USS Texas - Houston Chronicle (1988)
		The Texas, the only surviving unmodernized battleship of that era, was serving as the vessel from which McQueen was being transferred.
		The Texas is now in Galveston being spruced up and made watertight so that it can float with the tides instead of eternally flopping on the mud.
		Unlike the Texas, which had been partly scavenged for reusable gear before being purchased as a monument, the Belfast was extensively refitted only six years before it was taken out of service in 1964.
	www.thesandpebbles.com /battleship_texas/houston_chronicle1988.htm (730 words)

	USN Ships--USS Texas (BB-35)
		USS Texas, a 27,000-ton New York class battleship built at Newport News, Virginia, was commissioned in March 1914.
		Texas briefly revisited the Atlantic in 1936 and was sent back to that ocean in 1937 for service that would last until late in 1944.
		A heavy German coast artillery shell falls between USS Texas (BB-35), in the background, and USS Arkansas (BB-33), while the two battleships were engaging Battery Hamburg during the bombardment of Cherbourg, France, 25 June 1944.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-t/bb35.htm (931 words)

	Samek Models i:700th USS Texas BB-35 1945 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Subsequent to WWI, Texas was reconstructed in accordance with the Washington Treaty of 1922.
		USS Texas participated in the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in her now familiar role of shore bombardment and fire support.
		The state of Texas acquired her as a memorial in 1948, and she now resides at the San Jacinto battlefield, the only remaining dreadnought-era battleship.
	www.steelnavy.com /TexasSamek700.htm (1196 words)

	Battleship Texas
		USS TEXAS took part in the bombardment of the fortress on Cayo del Tore, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in concert with USS MARBLEHEAD.
		The USS TEXAS was authorized by the U.S. Congress on August 3, 1886.
		On June 16, 1898, USS TEXAS and USS MARBLEHEAD bombarded the fort at Cayo del Tore in Guantanamo Bay, damaging the fort to the point that it was no longer a threat to the United States forces.
	www.spanamwar.com /texas.htm (735 words)

	Official Website of the Texas Navies
		She flies the Texas flag, the Republic of Texas Navy Ensign and the burgee of her namesake that fought in the Second Texas Navy.
		She was named for the Commodore of the Second Texas Navy and along with the naming of a Texas county in the panhandle of Texas (Moore County), these are the only tributes that have been made to this brave Texan.
		The USS ORLECK is a monument to the men and women who built her and to those who served aboard her.
	www.texasnavy.com /tnhonshp.htm (1083 words)

	USS TEXAS - Machinery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		These details of the Texas' machinery are courtesy of Charles Moore (cfmoore@texas.net), taken from a February 1914 issue of the Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers.
		Texas and New York were the last US battleships to have coal-fired boilers; and their reciprocating engines were the largest installed in a US capital ship.
		The turbines were to have 32,000 SHP (vs the 28,000 of the reciprocating machinery), and drive four propeller shafts.
	www.gwpda.org /naval/w07texmc.htm (122 words)

	Historic Naval Ships Visitors Guide - USS Texas
		Texas is the last of the battleships, patterned after HMS Dreadnought, that participated in World War I and the Second World War.
		In 1919 Texas became the first U. battleship to launch an aircraft and served as a plane guard and navigational reference for the first trans-Atlantic flight by the seaplane NC-4, after which she transferred to the Pacific Fleet.
		In 1948, Texas became the first battleship memorial museum in the U. Texas was placed under the stewardship of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in 1983.
	www.hnsa.org /ships/texas.htm (621 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: TEXAS
		The USS Texas was present at the surrender of the German Imperial Fleet in 1918, and was used to test a flying-off platform for planes in March 1919.
		The USS Texas was again involved in testing in 1938, when what later became known as radar was first being developed.
		On D-Day, June 6, 1944, the USS Texas was the flagship for the bombardment group supporting the Allied landings on Omaha Beach.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/TT/qtt2.html (606 words)

	Battleship Texas (I & II)
		The USS Texas is now a shrine moored at the site of the San Jacinto battlefield about 20 miles east of Houston.
		The keel of the second battleship to be named the USS Texas was laid at the Newport News, Virginia shipyard in 1911, the same year that Texas (I) was decommissioned.
		After the damage was repaired, the USS Texas was moved in 1945 into the Pacific theater, where she supported the landings at Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
	www.lsjunction.com /facts/uss_tex.htm (578 words)

	Seal of the USS Texas (SSN 775) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Emblazoned on her hull is the shape of the state of Texas, denoting the outstanding patriotism and leadership the citizens of Texas have contributed to our nation.
		TEXAS is backed by the traditional badge of the legendary Texas Rangers.
		The battle scarred lone star flag flying behind TEXAS represents the gallant heroism of those who fought and died at the Alamo to ensure the future of Texas, and it also represents the perseverance with which TEXAS and her crew will endure through all missions that are put before her.
	www.sublant.navy.mil /775seal.html (204 words)

	Of Water and Air: Preparing the USS Texas
		When she was launched on May 18, 1912, the USS Texas – a “dreadnought”-era battleship –; was the most powerful weapon in the world.
		The Texas was decommissioned in 1948 and was brought to the San Jacinto State Historic Site, off the Houston Ship Channel, where she serves as a museum.
		Today, the USS Texas is berthed at the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site and is being prepared for her full restoration.
	www.atlascopco.com /getonboard/nasa/us_onboard.nsf/pages/USSTexas (812 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - USS Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		One of the first two armored cruisers built for the "New Navy," the primary armament of the first USS Texas consisted of two 12-inch guns mounted en echelon—that is, one to starboard and the other to port, but not on the same athwartships axis.
		Shortly after the sinking of her near sister ship Maine at Havana on February 15, 1898, Texas was detached from the North Atlantic Squadron to join Commodore Winfield Scott Schley's Flying Squadron to guard the coast against a possible attack by Spanish ships.
		Under withering fire from Texas, Brooklyn, Oregon, and other ships, Cervera's four cruisers were run aground and two torpedo boats were sunk; 323 Spaniards died and 151 were wounded.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_090700_usstexas1.htm (258 words)

	U.S. Navy Battleships - USS Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The first Texas was laid down on 1 June 1889 at Portsmouth, Va., by the Norfolk Navy Yard; launched on 28 June 1892; sponsored by Miss Madge Houston Williams; and commissioned on 15 August 1895, Capt. Henry Glass in command.
		Texas arrived in New York on 31 July and remained in nearby waters until late November.
		Texas went out of commission briefly in 1901 for repairs at the Norfolk Navy Yard but was commissioned again on 3 November 1902.
	www.navy.mil /palib/ships/battleships/texas/texas.html (737 words)

	Reciprocating Steam Engines, USS Texas
		The Texas' engines were initially described as "the ultimate in naval reciprocating engine construction." The twin-screw ship was built at Newport News during a period when naval authorities were considering the suitability of the newly developed steam turbine for propulsion.
		The USS Texas' pair of four-cylinder, triple-expansion engines are the largest survivors of this type (see also the Olympia), They provided 14,000 horsepower to each shaft and traveled 21.05 knots at 125 revolutions per minute.
		During World War I, the Texas served in the Atlantic and was present at Scapa Flow for the surrender of the German fleet.
	www.asme.org /history/roster/H010.html (191 words)

	U.S. Navy Battleships - USS Texas (BB 35) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On the morning of 25 June 1944, Texas closed in on the vital port of Cherbourg and, with USS Arkansas (BB-33), opened fire upon various fortifications and batteries surrounding the town.
		At New York, Texas underwent a 35-day repair period during which the barrels on her main battery were replaced.
		She departed Ulithi with TF 54, the gunfire support unit, on 21 March and arrived in the Ryukyus on the 25th.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/battleships/texas/bb35-tex.html (3495 words)

	USS Texas Construction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As construction continues on USS Virginia (SSN-774), the next submarine of her class marked an important construction milestone in a ceremony 12 July at Northrop Grumman Newport News.
		Texas, the second Virginia-class submarine, is under construction within a cooperative agreement between Northrop Grumman Newport News and General Dynamics Electric Boat to produce four such platforms, in coordination with Naval Sea Systems Command's Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, Newport News.
		Texas is the 13th submarine to be built in the Northrop Grumman Newport New s Module Outfitting Facility (MOF).
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/cno/n87/usw/issue_16/uss_texas_construction.html (1613 words)

	USS TEXAS Gunnery + Torpedo Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Texas, taken from her kite balloon - sometime between the 28th of May 1918, when the balloon was fitted, and October 1918.
		Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Delano Roosevelt aboard Texas, in the Firth of Forth, 29 August, 1918.
		The following reproductions (courtesy of Charles Moore (cfmoore@texas.net), who runs the USS Texas website) show various details of ammunition and other gunnery-related tidbits from the microfilm collection on board the battleship.
	www.gwpda.org /naval/w05texas.htm (339 words)

	USS Texas - La Porte, Texas
		The Texas was drydocked a few years ago, and as such the topside and hull appear to be in excellent condition.
		You can brave the bugs and see the Texas from shore on both sides (boarding is from starboard) and marvel at the only remaining ship with the famous tripod masts and five 14" turrets.
		The Texas can be reached easily from Houston, and is a must-see of any trip to southeast Texas.
	www.taskforce1.org /texas.htm (288 words)

	USS Texas, D-Day
		USS Texas was built by Newport News and laid down on the 17th April 1911, launched 18th May 1912 and commissioned into the navy on the 12th March 1914, joining the 6th battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet.
		USS Texas was the first US battleship to carry Anti aircraft Armament.
		In support of the American landings at Utah and Omaha beaches, the USS Texas slugs it out with German heavy gun emplacements during the D-Day landings.
	www.military-art.com /dhm738.htm (855 words)

	TPWD: Battleship TEXAS State Historic Site
		In 1948, the Battleship TEXAS became the first battleship memorial museum in the U.S. That same year, on the anniversary of Texas Independence, the Texas was presented to the State of Texas and commissioned as the flagship of the Texas Navy.
		In 1983, the TEXAS was placed under the stewardship of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and is permanently anchored on the Buffalo Bayou and the busy Houston Ship Channel.
		The Battleship TEXAS is administered by T.P.W.D with the dedicated assistance from the Battleship TEXAS Foundation, a private, non-profit organization.
	www.tpwd.state.tx.us /park/battlesh (230 words)

	USS Texas (SSN 775) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		"USS Texas (SSN 775) will serve with distinction in our submarine force and will carry on the great maritime traditions of its predecessors," said Dalton.
		Texas will have improved stealthiness, sophisticated surveillance capabilities and Special Warfare enhancements which will enable it to meet the Navy's multimission requirements.
		This will be the fourth ship to bear the name Texas, and will be joining the fleet in 2005.
	www.sublant.navy.mil /texas775.html (243 words)

	Greater Central Texas Council of the Navy League of the United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		USS San Antonio (LPD-17) will be commissioned at Ingleside, Texas in October 2005 and in 2006 will replace USS Austin in the fleet as USS Austin will be retired after over 40 years of service.
		Participation on the Commissioning Committee of the USS Texas (SSN-775) is ongoing with a commissioning ceremony targeted for Galveston, Texas in March 2006.
		The University of Texas Naval ROTC is a key focus of the Council's support.
	www.centexnavyleague.org (458 words)

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