Pictures of the Battleship Texas On Drydock Today.

[Old Navy]

Even old carriers have tight spaces. We had eight bunks surrounding a very large Fairbanks/Morris diesel generator.

 

[Fast14riot]

Cool ship! I visited the USS Potomac today. F.D.R. personal yacht. It was refitted and overhauled at a local shipyard here in my hometown, a good friend owns the shipyard (since closed) and it was the last job they did. The USS Iowa is in mothballs near here too, took the train right past it today, as well.

 

[Ned Ludd]

As a side note, I got these two 1911 Battleship Texas Commemorative 45’s a few years ago.

The Save The Texas Foundation commisioned Colt to make them, all proceeds went to help in saving the ship.

I think I ham going to go back to Gulf Copper and get a small piece of the original 100+ year old View attachment 1409706riveted steel, have it encased in acrylic, and display it with the pistols.

That would be very cool! Perhaps with some luck you could obtain a single piece of plating large enough to create a rectangular frame on which to mount the pistols, a sort of "picture frame" and put a little engraved plaque on it beneath them, describing what it is.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

We have the submarine uss razorback in little rock. I havent had the chance to go check it out yet

 

[JTEX]

Moving th Texas from the San Jacinto Battleground would be a travesty! I haven't heard that?

 

[nmkid]

Great pictures!

 

[Rick in Oregon]

Great pics of USS Texas! We seldom see these big boys out of the water....impressive to say the least. Great pics, thanks for posting.

My old ship, USS Tulare (AKA-112), an amphibious assault ship, now in pieces as it was scrapped in 2010 after many trips to Vietnam during the war. It's now only a memory and kept 'alive' in photos only now. Here she is in a deep Vietnamese river in the spring of 1966.



And how she looked at sea with all the LCM's and LCVP's aboard:



A little tidbit: The 3"/50 guns at Tulare's stern were taken off and replaced on the USS Hornet museum two years ago to return the Hornet to it's original WWII configuration, where they remain to this day.

A thank you to Brians356 for a lesson on pic posting/removal via PM, most appreciated!

 

[gdbleb]

That has got to be an expensive project. The drydock alone must be a small fortune.

 

[jdh47]

Thanks for sharing. It is a fascinating part of our history.

 

[WILLIAM PIPPEN]

I live 10 minutes from the park. It`s sad she won`t be coming back. But we understand you need tourist to bring in the money that`s needed. You would think Galveston would be doing all it can to get the ship. And hopefully they are.
Yes, Beaumont is on the list.
That`s nuts. I mean really.

" Hey kids, lets go to Beaumont this weekend because of all the cool things to do there " That funny. It`s Beaumont. Probably a nice place to live, but a tourist attraction.

Hopefully Galveston will be it.

 

[Infrequent Shooter]

I tried to see the Battleship Texas on two occasions quite a few years ago when I was in Houston on business. The first time we got there just as it was closing. The second time I got to the hotel in Houston and saw on the news that it was being towed out to be refitted (the previous refit over 30 years ago). Never did get to go onboard but I still have a great interest in vintage warships. I am retired now but used to be the chief engineer at an industrial steam power plant, I have always wanted to see the engine room of a battleship with reciprocating steam engines. The closest I came was on the cruiser Olympia in Philadelphia. I got onboard but at that time the engine room was off limits. I found out later that it was because the integrity of the hull was so bad that they were afraid it would spring a leak and flood. Getting to see the Texas is a high priority on my bucket list. I have the utmost respect for these vintage ships and for the great men who served in them.

Quite a while ago, I got to visit the Texas. It did bombardment duty on DDay. It is a beast. When I was there it was painted in sort of dark blue.

 

[sandwarrior]

I hope everything is done to preserve this ship. Truly amazing. It's the last tie we have in Nevada to a ship like ours. As unfortunately, the Nevada was one of the first chosen to see what a nuclear bomb would do to a ship of that era.

Sail on, Texas!

 

[tthomp302]

I live 10 minutes from the park. It`s sad she won`t be coming back. But we understand you need tourist to bring in the money that`s needed. You would think Galveston would be doing all it can to get the ship. And hopefully they are.
Yes, Beaumont is on the list.
That`s nuts. I mean really.

" Hey kids, lets go to Beaumont this weekend because of all the cool things to do there " That funny. It`s Beaumont. Probably a nice place to live, but a tourist attraction.

Hopefully Galveston will be it.

It is crazy, I also live right across the ferry and have great memories of going to the battleship and eating at monument inn after.

 

[Trophied]

I got to go on the ship as a young boy, and couldn't go into some of the areas for various reasons according to signage and employees on board. My dad worked at Todd Shipyard during WWII as a lead man doing repairs to war damaged ships and filled me in on a lot of the how's and why's it was built the way it was. So long ago I can't even remember all his tutorials now. It will be sad to see it leave the area of the San Jacinto Monument for berthing.

 

[Brians356]

Why does it have to float to be a museum? Ships floating need meet Coast Guard rules. Ships as buildings don’t.

Ships as buildings need to meet building safety and accomodation rules. Where would it be welcomed, propped up permanently? Can't stay in a functioning and very valuable dry dock. Besides, it's an unattractive eyesore in its condition.
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[Brians356]

Who is funding this retoration?
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[Brians356]

Sorry, the pics are all screwed up, and this forum does NOT allow removal to repair/replace.

If anyone can tell me how to remove a photo, I'd be greatly obliged. VERY frustrating!

I've removed and replaced scores of photos on this forum. Takes a few seconds.
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[Ramblin84]

The Destroyer where I was last stationed berthed at Quay Wall 1, next to National Steel and Shipbuilding (NASSCO) in San Diego. We watched large, commercial vessels being constructed and repaired. I have a lot of respect for shipfitters. Tough, dirty, demanding job.View attachment 1409645

That's pretty cool. My dad served on a Gearing-class destroyer, DD852 USS Leonard F Mason during the Korean War.

 

[Rick in Oregon]

I've removed and replaced scores of photos on this forum. Takes a few seconds.
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Would you mind sending me a PM and tell me how? Sure would appreciate the lesson.

 

[Paul Beel]

Hey Rick, I was on the USS Seminole (AKA 104) same time period, same location, also now in moth balls. How bout that