The USS Texas (BB-35) Has Found a New Home! | War History Online

With USS Texas (BB-35, Battleship Texas) moving to Galveston for lengthy extensive repairs and restoration, enjoy our recent tour of this living legend. This will be one of the last looks at her in her "original" pre-restored state. Enjoy! #usstexas #BB35 #battleshiptexas | Houston Museum of Natural Science

The museum battleship USS Texas is being restored to her 1945 condition. The former USS Texas (BB 35) was commissioned March 12, 1914 and decommissioned April 21, 1948. The battleship saw action in World War I and World War II. Compartments of this museum ship have been featured in several Hollywood movies including "Pearl Harbor" and "Flags of Our Fathers." USS Texas, the only American battleship from World War I still in existence, has been dry docked for the first time in over 30 years. #fbli

The USS Texas (BB-35) is a historic New York-class battleship, commissioned in 1914, famous as the only surviving U.S. battleship to have served in both World Wars, a National Historic Landmark, and the first battleship memorial museum. Nicknamed "The Fighting Texas," she was a technological marvel, pioneering anti-aircraft guns, naval aviation, and radar, providing crucial naval gunfire support in major WWII campaigns like D-Day and Okinawa before becoming a museum ship in Texas in 1948. - The