USS TEXAS BB35, La Porte, Texas


USS TEXAS BB35 3527 Battleground Rd. La Porte, Texas
USS Texas (BB-35), the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the U.S. state of Texas, is a New York-class battleship. The ship was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned on 12 March 1914.
For more on the USS Texas please visit there Website at; http://www.usstexasbb35.com/ http://battleshiptexas.org/
General Ship Data Class - New York Class Battleship Length - 573 feet Beam - 106 feet Normal Draft - 28 feet 6 inches Displacement - 34,000 tons Speed - 21 knots Crew - 1,820 Keel laid - 17 April 1911 Launched - 18 May 1912 Commissioned - 12 March 1914 Armament
Main Battery Year 1944 - 10 - 14"/45 caliber guns in 5 turrets Range - 12 miles Projectiles - Armor Piercing - 1500 lbs Projectiles - High Explosive - 1275 lbs Full Broadside - Armor Piercing - 15,000 lbs Rate of Fire - 1.5 rounds per minute Turret Crew - 70 men		Secondary Battery Year 1914 - 21 - 5"/51-caliber guns Year 1945 - 6 - 5"/51-caliber guns Torpedo Tubes: Year 1914 - 21" TT Year 1945 - 10 - 3"/50-caliber guns; 10 - 40 mm quad mounted guns; 44 - 20 mm guns
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Photos of the USS Texas when she was with the US Navy.

1913	1935	1944	1943

Photos below are of the USS New York BB 33 with aircraft on her. The USS Texas sister ship.

1930 With Vought O2U Corsair		1945 with Curtiss SC Seahawk