U.S.S. Texas
BB-35
1945
(Neptun 1308X)
- Class: New York - 2 battleships of 1910
- Displacement: 27,000 tons
- Dimensions: 565(wl) 573(oa) x 106 x 26 ft.
- Machinery: 2-shaft reciprocating, S.H.P. 28,100 = 21 knots
- Armor: belt 12 in., turrets 14 in.
- Armament: 10-14"/45 (5x2), 6-5"/51 (6x1), 10-3"/50 (10x1), 40-40mm (10x4) A.A. guns
- Complement: 1,530
- Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corp, Camden NJ
- Keel Laid: 17 Apr 1911
- Launched: 18 May 1912
- Commissioned: 12 Mar 1914
- Decommissioned: 21 Apr 1948
- Actions: Atlantic 1941, N. Africa, Normandy, S. France, Iwo Jima, Okinawa. Shown in Measure 21 Navy Blue System camouflage. Preserved as memorial at San Jacinto Battlefield in Texas, beside Houston Ship Channel.
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