The Battleship Texas Foundation's proposed contract with the Galveston Wharves Board was not to the board's liking, and the ...

This proud ship is a New York-class, or dreadnought, battleship that served with great honor in the two World Wars and has been a museum ship for many years. The USS Texas has been in dry dock at ...

The USS Texas is a New York-class battleship that was commissioned in 1914, more than 100 years ago. It was the end of the First World War, and the world was in the throes of the age of battleships.

The USS Texas, launched in 1912, was among the most powerful weapons of its time and became America's first floating museum. Germany's Bismarck gained notoriety for sinking the HMS Hood before ...

The HMS Dreadnought ushered in a new era of "all big gun ships." Unlike battleships before it, the Dreadnought only had 12 inch cannons aided by electronic range-finding equipment. Defensively ...

USS Kitty Hawk CV63, the last conventionally ... Washington State and pulled by two tugs is on its way to a scrapyard in Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. Kitty Hawk was reportedly sold to the Texas ...

USS Texas (SSN 775), Pearl Harbor, HI USS Hawaii (SSN 776), Pearl Harbor, HI USS North Carolina (SSN 777), Pearl Harbor, HI USS New Hampshire (SSN 778), Groton, CT USS New Mexico (SSN 779), Groton ...

Having large, heavily armored warships was a tactical advantage in the 20th Century. But as military technology and weaponry advanced, battleships became obsolete. Battleships were the apex of ...

As the second-largest state in the U.S., Texas covers an extraordinary amount of the geographical area in the U.S. Measuring approximately 268,597 square miles, Texas can fit 15 of the smallest ...