And now for some good news! The USS Texas (BB-35), a New York-class battleship that has the distinction of serving in both world wars, has found a permanent home after floating aimlessly for the ...

The Battleship Texas, or BB-35, is much more than one of the last U.S. warships still afloat to have served in both world wars. It's also the biggest public-opinion lightning rod in recent ...

USS Texas, (BB-35), laid down in 1912 at Newport News Shipbuilding, served in both world wars. It is pierside at Gulf Copper’s shipyard on Pelican Island. The battleship was towed to the ...

The USS Texas (BB-35), the only surviving battleship to see service in both World Wars, has been undergoing repairs at the Gulf Copper dry dock in Galveston, where the warship’s hull was ...

USS Texas (BB-35), a New York-class battleship that served in both WWI and WWII, undergoes repairs at Gulf Copper Dry Dock & Rig Repair in Galveston, Texas, Sept. 18, 2023. US Coast Guard Photo ...

“BATTLESHIP TEXAS.” Dean has marked about 300 other pieces of steel with those same words since January 2015. Other letters and numbers paying tribute to the same ship — such as “BB 35 ...

Once Battleship Texas is docked in Galveston, months of repairs will begin to address leaking and to repair the super-structure. Most of the repairs will be funded by a $35 million federal grant.

As a result, the Battleship USS Texas, designated BB-35, was built as the second vessel named for the state by the US Navy. Construction on the Texas, a New York-class battleship ...

That’s not an option for most attractions, but it is for the state of Texas, the Battleship Texas Foundation and their 573-foot-long ship, originally commissioned in 1914 and a veteran of both ...

LA PORTE, Texas — It's the only surviving battleship that served in both world ... Site in the Houston suburb of La Porte is part of a $35 million project to repair the hull and ultimately ...

The Texas Battleship Foundation aims to have the ship fully restored and ready for visitors by next year—marking a whole new era for this iconic battleship, the last of its kind. Because of the ...