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| Battleship Texas Finds Permanent Home in Galveston |
| 2025-07-26 |
| [USNI] The former USS Texas (BB-35), a U.S. Navy New York-class battleship that served in both WWI and WWII, undergoes repairs at Gulf Copper Dry Dock & Rig Repair in Galveston, Texas, Sept. 18, 2023. The deal to permanently moor the historic battleship, the former USS Texas (BB-35), at the Port of Galveston was finalized this week, the ship’s non-profit foundation announced. The announcement secures a plan to berth the World War I-era dreadnought at Pier 15 as a museum ship — a plan that was announced in March by the Texas city’s Wharves Board of Trustees following a unanimous vote. The location is nestled between cruise ship terminals and is just a 10-minute walk to Galveston’s historic Strand District. Read the rest at the link |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #4 ^ Agreed. A truly great ship. |
| Posted by: Matt 2025-07-26 13:24 |
| #3 ...She is The Last Dreadnaught, with solid service in two wars and a legendary day at Normandy. She absolutely deserves to be saved, though I suspect at some point in the next couple decades some hard decisions are going to have to be made - her intended life expectancy was only about twenty years to begin with, and she's (IIRC) 114 now. Somebody should start looking at a way to eventually get her out of the water like Mikasa or Victory and preserve her that way. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2025-07-26 08:11 |
| #2 Tillman Fertita (current Amb to Italy) really wanted it for his amusement park of Galveston. It had previously been at the San Jacinto Battlegrounds, where it had been since being saved from the scrappers in the '50s. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2025-07-26 08:08 |
| #1 Great, now that we're up to date in 2023. |
| Posted by: Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2025-07-26 04:21 |