When Texas entered service with the United States Navy she was the most powerfullest battleship in the world, she sported ten 14 inch main guns in five twin turrets arranged two forward one center and two aft, she also had a secondary armament of twenty one 5inch guns, later in her life she would be refitted to also handle Anti Aircraft guns. USS Texas pictured in 1917 photo from the US Navy Her trials started in October of 1913 as well, but her last armor plate wasn’t installed until March 10 th, 1914 and commissioned on March 12 1914.
Laid down at the Newport News Shipbuilding facility on Apshe was Christened by her sponsor Miss Claudia Lyon 13 months later on may 18 1912.īetween May 18 th, 1912 and March 12 th, 1914 was spent largely on installing the ship’s belt armor, turrets, and guns and building her original super structure. Jsaw the ordering of two new Battleships for the United States Navy the USS Texas and New York were born. In 1906 the Royal Navy launched HMS Dreadnought the first of a new breed of battleship that would merge firepower and speed into one hull, not long after the launching of Dreadnought other navies followed suite and would design much larger and faster battleships culminating in the birth of the USS Texas. She is the last dreadnought type battleship left in the world, and one of the few ships that survive today that saw service in both world wars. USS Texas sea trial c1913 Photo from US Navy archives
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