{"id":154150,"date":"2024-03-10T07:00:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=154150"},"modified":"2024-03-08T19:19:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T00:19:38","slug":"texas-back-in-the-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=154150","title":{"rendered":"Texas back in the water"},"content":{"rendered":"

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No, I don’t mean Friday’s rain (although we got 3″ in as any hours. Typical Texas weather – drought or toadfloater.)<\/p>\n

Nope, the grand old lady , formerly of the Houston Ship Chanel, the USS Texas\u00a0 (BB35) has left her dry dock and is headed for the balance of her refitting in Galveston.<\/p>\n

She was moved due to decay and rot in her hull…not surprising, having been in salt water all over the world since 1912. Having served in both world wars, she is the last of the old New York-class battleships, and deserves mention in the same breath as the USS Missouri. She was at the landing of Veracruz,\u00a0 fired the first American shots of WWII (at a u-boat menacing the merchant vessel Mongolia) , and served in both Atlantic and Pacific fleets (including at D-Day) in WWII. In 1948 she was towed to her ‘permanent’ home near the San Jacinto battle monument. The years since were not kind to her hull.<\/p>\n

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Drone footage from Third Coast Drone showed the warship back in the water Tuesday. The goal is to reopen the museum ship to the public by late 2025.<\/p>\n

The USS Texas, once one of the most powerful and intimidating warships to sail the upon the seas, is now the last of its kind, revered for its history. When it was first launched in 1912, it was one of a dozen dreadnoughts, featuring hefty defenses and devastating deck guns, which could be used to deal damage on land and at sea.\u00a0\u00a0 Business Insider<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It was a feat just to GET the aging hull floated and towed all those miles to Galveston, much less get her reworked enough to float on her own – that last alone cost $21 million..<\/p>\n

Elements of the ship’s superstructure were still notably under construction, with The Battleship Texas Foundation confirming on Tuesday that work still needed to be done to replace the wooden deck, restore dozens of spaces inside, and finish re-painting, among other fixes. Its extensive repairs have so far cost more than $21 million.<\/p>\n

Drone footage from Third Coast Drone showed the warship back in the water Tuesday. The goal is to reopen the museum ship to the public by late 2025.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

573 feet of butt-kicking steel. Ten 14″ main guns.\u00a0 Twenty-one 5″ guns. 14 boilers just to move her. 1810 in the crew (about half again the size of the Texas town I live in.)<\/p>\n

Yeah. the last 110+ years has been hard on her, but she’s been hard on our enemies. Right now she still needs some more fixing up. Me, I’m confident – like Mr. Cash so eloquently put it “She’s in pretty good shape for the shape she’s in.”<\/p>\n

Welcome back afloat.<\/p>\n

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