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Vintage U.S.S. Texas BB-35 Color Photo Postcard
New York Class Dreadnought Battleship
She was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned on 12 March 1914
Soon after her commissioning,
Texas saw action in Mexican waters following the "Tampico Incident" and
made numerous sorties into the North Sea during World War I
Texas earned awards for her
service in the Tampico Incident, World War I, and World War II. For her
service in World War II she earned five battle stars, one for each of
the major campaigns Texas participated in, among other awards
When the United States formally
entered World War II in 1941, Texas took on the role of escorting war
convoys across the Atlantic, and she later shelled Axis-held beaches for
the North African campaign and the Normandy Landings before being
transferred to the Pacific Theater late in 1944 to provide naval gunfire
support during the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa
On 17 May 1945 Texas arrived at Leyte in the Philippines and remained there until after the Japanese capitulation on 15 August
She returned to Okinawa toward the
end of August and stayed in the Ryukyus until 23 September. On that day,
she set a course for the United States with homeward bound troops
embarked as part of the ongoing Operation Magic Carpet
On 21 January 1946, the warship
departed San Pedro and steamed via the Panama Canal to Norfolk where
she arrived on 13 February, and soon began preparations for inactivation
On 18 June, she was placed officially in reserve at Baltimore, Maryland
Texas was turned over to the State of Texas on 21 April 1948 to serve as a permanent memorial
Texas was designated a National
Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark by the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers in 1975, and a National Historic Landmark by the
National Park Service in 1976
On 13 December 1988, Texas was
pulled from her berth with great difficulty over the course of six hours
by six large tugboats to begin repairs from years of neglect
She underwent a 14-month refit that sought to restore the ship to her 1945 condition
On 26 July 1990, the ship was returned to her berth at San Jacinto and was reopened to the public on 8 September 1990
Texas was the first and is the
oldest of the seven US battleships that have become floating museums;
the other battleships honored in this way are Massachusetts, Alabama,
North Carolina, New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin. An eighth, Iowa, is
awaiting donation as a museum ship
Used vintage color photo postcard
Soft corner on card
Light postal stamp ink on card
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