USS TEXAS BB35
3527 Battleground Rd.
La Porte, Texas

General Ship Data

Class - New York Class Battleship
Length - 573 feet
Beam - 106 feet
Normal Draft - 28 feet 6 inches
Displacement - 34,000 tons
Speed - 21 knots
Crew - 1,820
Keel laid - 17 April 1911
Launched - 18 May 1912
Commissioned - 12 March 1914

 

Armament

Main Battery

Year 1944 - 10 - 14"/45 caliber guns in 5 turrets
Range - 12 miles
Projectiles - Armor Piercing - 1500 lbs
Projectiles - High Explosive - 1275 lbs
Full Broadside - Armor Piercing - 15,000 lbs
Rate of Fire - 1.5 rounds per minute
Turret Crew - 70 men

Secondary Battery

Year 1914 - 21 - 5"/51-caliber guns
Year 1945 - 6 - 5"/51-caliber guns
Torpedo Tubes:
Year 1914 - 21" TT
Year 1945 - 10 - 3"/50-caliber guns; 10 - 40 mm quad mounted guns; 44 - 20 mm guns

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Photos of the USS Texas when she was with the US Navy.

1913

1935

1944

1943

Photos below are of the USS New York BB 33 with aircraft on her.
The USS Texas sister ship.

1930 With Vought O2U Corsair

1945 with Curtiss SC Seahawk

For more on the USS Texas please visit there Website at;

http://www.usstexasbb35.com/

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