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USS Texas (BB-35)
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USS Texas is a museum ship in Galveston, Texas, and former United States Navy New York-class battleship. She was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned on 12 March 1914. She is the oldest surviving
USS Texas (BB-35), off New York City c. 1919
USS Texas (BB-35), off New York City c. 1919
Texas in World War I (after July 1916 and before October 1917): The two large steel towers are her lattice masts, which were replaced with a tripod ve
Texas in World War I (after July 1916 and before October 1917): The two large steel towers are her lattice masts, which were replaced with a tripod version during her modernization overhaul in 1925–1926.
3"/50 caliber antiaircraft gun on platform atop a boat crane on Texas, installed in 1916 and said to be the first AA gun installation on a U.S. battle
3"/50 caliber antiaircraft gun on platform atop a boat crane on Texas, installed in 1916 and said to be the first AA gun installation on a U.S. battleship
USS Texas with the starboard torpedo blister removed, revealing the original hull and narrower profile when built; the torpedo blisters were added dur
USS Texas with the starboard torpedo blister removed, revealing the original hull and narrower profile when built; the torpedo blisters were added during the 1926 modernization.
14-inch/45-caliber gun
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The 14-inch/45-caliber gun,, whose variations were known initially as the Mark 1, 2, 3, and 5, and, when upgraded in the 1930s, were redesignated as the Mark 8, 9, 10, and 12. They were the first 14-i
USS Texas (BB-35)
…committeeman from Texas. The ship was commissioned on 12 March 1914 with Captain Albert W. Grant in command. Texas's main battery consisted of ten 14-inch (356 mm)/45 caliber Mark 1 guns, which could fire 1,400 lb (635 kg) armor-piercing shells to a range of 13 mi (11 nmi; 21 km). Her secondary battery consisted of twenty-one 5-inch…
Crewmen aboard USS Texas pause to have their picture taken on top of one of the twin 14-inch/45-caliber gun turrets, 1918.
Crewmen aboard USS Texas pause to have their picture taken on top of one of the twin 14-inch/45-caliber gun turrets, 1918.
14-inch/45-caliber guns aboard the battleship Nevada fire at Utah Beach during Operation Overlord in 1944.
14-inch/45-caliber guns aboard the battleship Nevada fire at Utah Beach during Operation Overlord in 1944.
The single 14-inch gun turret of a British Abercrombie-class monitor during World War I.
The single 14-inch gun turret of a British Abercrombie-class monitor during World War I.
14-inch gun formerly on USS Arizona, displayed near the Arizona State House, Phoenix, Arizona
14-inch gun formerly on USS Arizona, displayed near the Arizona State House, Phoenix, Arizona