Pictures of the Battleship Texas On Drydock Today.

[sdean]

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

You should visit just to see what the insides are like. I went through the sub in Galveston,WWII sub. Unbelievable the close quarters they lived.

 

[Rick in Oregon]

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

Great coincidence! Good to hear from another "Gator". Hope you're enjoying your "Geezerhood" too! Got any pics to share?
Looking salty in 1966.....

 

[7887mm08]

Here in Albany NY we have the uss Slater DE 766
The last surviving destroyer escort in the world.
I served on the USS VULCAN AR5 out of Norfolk in the early 80's

 

[M-61]

Here is the old sailing ship Elissa. View attachment 1409637

Barquintine? Built where?

 

[gdbleb]

Who is funding this retoration?
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I had the same question so I found the Battleship foundation's website. In the news history it appears the Texas Legislature voted 35 million for this project.
I'm sure New Jersey will soon follow suit.

https://battleshiptexas.org

 

[Paul Beel]

Great coincidence! Good to hear from another "Gator". Hope you're enjoying your "Geezerhood" too! Got any pics to share?
Looking salty in 1966.....



View attachment 1410563

 

[Paul Beel]

Unfortunately no. Geezerhood is good

 

[pintopete]

I had the same question so I found the Battleship foundation's website. In the news history it appears the Texas Legislature voted 35 million for this project.
I'm sure New Jersey will soon follow suit.

https://battleshiptexas.org

Visited the battleship NJ with my son back a few years. Pretty impressive ship. We spent many hours on it. Upon our return to PA, we took a detour and happened upon the JFK aircraft carrier. Unrestored of course. Rumor was, available as a museum. Perhaps the last opportunity since those after are nuke, and will never be allowed to be a museum. Both ships quite huge. Hard to get the perspective in pictures.

 

[Sandstorm]

My buddy was on The U.S.S. Oriskany back in late 60s ..He had some stories from
them days. Its a shame they sunk the Mighty O.
Suppose it made a great artificial reef.

 

[Brians356]

Would you mind sending me a PM and tell me how? Sure would appreciate the lesson.

Rick, I didn't realize we cannot edit our own posts in any way after a certain number of days! I just went to remove a photo from a post I made on 5 Feb but there is no "Edit" option there. If you are talking about a photo you posted in the past week or so you can do it via "Edit".
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[Old Navy]

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

Be prepared to bend over a lot.

 

[jackieschmidt]

Barquintine? Built where?

She was built in 1877 in Aberdeen Scotland.