USS Texas (BB-35)

Local nameUSS Texas (BB-35)
LocationHouston, United States

USS Texas is a museum ship and former United States Navy New York-class battleship. She was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned on 12 March 1914.Texas saw action in Mexican waters following the "Tampico Incident" and made numerous sorties into the North Sea during World War I. In World War II, Texas escorted war convoys across the Atlantic and later shelled Axis-held beaches for the North African campaign and the Normandy Landings before being transferred to the Pacific Theater late in 1944 to provide naval gunfire support during the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Texas was decommissioned in 1948, having earned a total of five battle stars for service in World War II. It is a museum ship near Houston, Texas.

Texas was also a technological testbed: the first US battleship to mount anti-aircraft guns, the first US ship to control gunfire with directors and range-keepers, the first US battleship to launch an aircraft, and one of the first US Navy ships to receive production radar…

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Battleship USS Texas and San Jacinto Monument tour from 89 USD
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Opening hours

Daily: 10 am - 5pm
Closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Admission

Permanently closed

More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Texas_(BB-35)

Official website http://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/battleship-texas

Phone +1 (281) 479-2431

Address 3523 Independence Parkway South LaPorte, TX 77571

Coordinates 29°45'22.365" N -95°5'22.814" E

Tours and activities: USS Texas (BB-35)

Battleship USS Texas and San Jacinto Monument tour

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