I toured the USS Texas battleship. I really like the old Battleships. The Texas was commissioned in 1914 and served in WW1 and WW2. It has 10: 14" guns in 5 turrets (shot ever 105 seconds) 6: 5 inch guns, 10: 3"guns, 10: 40mm guns, and 44: 20mm guns. It originally even had torpedo tubes but they were deemed a weak spot in the hull and removed later. Texas was at Normandy, and serviced in the Pacific. At Okinawa Texas fired 2019 rounds from the 14"guns and at Iwo Jima Texas fired 923 rounds from the 14"guns.
14"shells
Ships bell
Kitchen
Bakery
Paravane
Inside a 14"turret.
Rounds and powder come up the chute on the right from the lower levels and are loaded here.
BIG anchor chain!
Thick doors too.
Officers mess.
Officers quarters
Enlisted quarters. Beds were everywhere that there was room to put them.
Mail room. People even slept in here!
Medical center
Back up CIC.
Armoury
Medical recovery area.
Bridge
View of the San Jacinto monument
Texas's propeller
San Jacinto Monumnet 567'tall. (12'taller then the Washington Monument) The monument
commemorates the site of the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution
Views from the top.
My truck!
Lots of refineries around!
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