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2022-09-01 -Short Attention Span Theater-
A last-of-its-kind battleship that fought in both world wars is on the move for the first time in over 30 years for repairs
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Posted by Besoeker 2022-09-01 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top

#1 Good news.
Posted by Too Old To Work 2022-09-01 07:34||   2022-09-01 07:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Last surviving battleship to have fought in BOTH world wars - the USS Texas - is towed down channel to Houston shipyard for $35M repairs to its leaky hull
Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-01 07:47||   2022-09-01 07:47|| Front Page Top

#3 I saw the Texas back in 1960.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2022-09-01 07:58||   2022-09-01 07:58|| Front Page Top

#4 A true 'Dreadnought' type battleship.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2022-09-01 09:47||   2022-09-01 09:47|| Front Page Top

#5 "Gentlemen, I present to you Space Battleship Texas."
Posted by SteveS 2022-09-01 13:21||   2022-09-01 13:21|| Front Page Top

#6 Should have encased the hull in concrete for a fraction of the cost.
Posted by Snash Shairt9621 2022-09-01 13:28||   2022-09-01 13:28|| Front Page Top

#7 "Gentlemen, I present to you Space Battleship Texas."

Considering her history, that would be most appropriate.

"You can go to Pluto, I"m going on Texas!"
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-09-01 13:36||   2022-09-01 13:36|| Front Page Top

#8 Battleship was kinda a fun movie.
The Mighty Missouri vs. Aliens
Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-01 14:04||   2022-09-01 14:04|| Front Page Top

#9 They want it mobile...we might need it to bombard the coast of Commifornia at some point.
Posted by Silentbrick 2022-09-01 15:13||   2022-09-01 15:13|| Front Page Top

#10 They actually did have concrete casement at one point. Water got in, caused alot of corrosion. So they broke off the concrete and patched the hull. Now the patches over the patches on the patches are starting to give, so it's off to drydock for major fixes.
The BB35 Foundation has a neat "hard hat" tour, where you sign releases, put on badges and a skull bucket, and go crawl through the magazines and engine rooms. (People musta been smaller then...)
There's a bunch of small 110v sump pumps in the bottom of that hull.
Posted by ed in texas 2022-09-01 18:17||   2022-09-01 18:17|| Front Page Top

#11 ^ thanks!
Posted by Frank G 2022-09-01 20:45||   2022-09-01 20:45|| Front Page Top

#12 They're readying it for Texas Independence, secretly fitting it out with new turbine engines, modern electronics, missiles, and laser technology to become the flagship of the Texas Navy.

:D

Posted by Chealing Chomotle4158 2022-09-01 22:30||   2022-09-01 22:30|| Front Page Top

#13 Stop Fretting About USS Texas, just use:
Posted by Jort Unoluth3381 2022-09-01 23:32||   2022-09-01 23:32|| Front Page Top

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