USS Texas

Yeah!

 I hope they do the job in a reasonable time. She's on my "B" list. Besides, she is one of What? Two of that type world wide? Or the Only one Left?

Capn Mac would know. Remember in that era every couple of ships there was a change in number and size of guns etc. so there were lots of classes with a couple of ships each. Strictly speaking her sister was New York, long gone.

Bill

The Texas has the distinction of serving in both WWI & WWII.   That's about the oldest for the twentieth century. 

Before that, pre-dreadnaughts of the late 19th century, there is the Olympia in Philly which served in the Spanish/American war and the Mikasa in the Russo/Japanese war

Wow, a lot of history there!

From wiki: Texas saw action in Mexican waters following the "Tampico Incident" and made numerous sorties into the North Sea during World War I. In World War II, Texas escorted war convoys across the Atlantic and 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.

From what I've read, TEXAS is moving to a shipyard in Galveston for some big-time hull work. Unfortunately the old hull (100 years!) has a few leaks and at one point they were pumping out over 2000 gallons per minute to keep her afloat and stable. While at Galveston, there are a number of other projects also planned. Apparently though, After the completion of this maintenance period, TEXAS may not return to San Jacinto, but to another location, still in Texas, of course.

So important that such historical treasures are cared for and protected. Bit like HooYa really. 

Dodgy