This week marks the 100th "birthday" of BB-35 - the battleship USS Texas!
The "museum ship" is moored in the Houston Ship Channel near La Porte, Texas, and the San Jacinto Battlefield Monument.
U. S. Navy - Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (here)
Battleship Texas Foundation - they are hosting a centennial celebration! (here)
Andy Hall at "Dead Confederates" has some great photos of the "bowels" of the ship (here)
As I live north of Houston, I have had the great pleasure of visiting the ship at least three or four times over the past several years and I happily share my photos of the ship as well as archival photos.
Happy Birthday, USS Texas!
2 comments:
There is something fascinating about those old time battleships...if only biplanes hadn't made them obsolete;)
Mark - you are so right! You just can't imagine the scale until you see these big ships in person. I 've also seen the USS Lexington carrier at Corpus Christi. I hope they'll do a great navy film some day with the big guns blazing!
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