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Battleship USS Texas (BB-35), San Jacinto State Park, Texas, USA

The Battleship Texas is the last and oldest Battleship afloat that served in both WWI and WWII. Nov. 14, 2011 All Photos are COPYRIGHT and PROPERTY of Rafal K. Komierowski.

In 1948, the Battleship USS TEXAS became the first battleship memorial museum in the U.S.

A view of the aft 14-inch/45-caliber guns aboard the memorial battleship Texas (BB-35)

Texas is the last of the battleships patterned after HMS Dreadnought to participate in World Wars I and II

USS Texas is considered the most powerful warship afloat because of her ten Fourteen Inches/45 guns in five twin turrets,

The Oerlikon Anti-Aircraft Gun (the Swiss-designed 20mm Oerlikon AA MG)

The Oerlikon Anti-Aircraft Gun (the Swiss-designed 20mm Oerlikon AA MG), USS Texas carried 44 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns

40mm tub

Class: New York Battleship Launched: May 18, 1912 At: Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia Commissioned: March 12, 1914

Gun Deck

USS Texas finished WWII with a total of 40 Bofors gun, plus 44 20mm Oerlikons

The 40mm Bofors gun was the chief AA weapon of the U.S. Navy in World War II.

USS Texas is now the oldest dreadnought warship in the world, and one of only six surviving ships to have served in both world wars

On the navigation bridge: the ship s wheelhouse.

... the 14 inch guns of the forward turret point to the San Jacinto Monument (above battleship -not shown on this photo) that commemorates Sam Houston s victory in the Texas War for Independence

USS Texas is considered the most powerful warship afloat because of her ten Fourteen Inches/45 guns in five twin turrets,

USS Texas,

Already in 1916 the Texas became the first American battleship to carry anti-aircraft guns, when 3in guns were mounted above her turrets

...the Battleship USS Texas is one of the most important historical artifacts in Texas...

USS Texas, Officer s Dinning Area

Bakery

USS Texas, Kitchen and Crew Cafeteria

USS Texas,

USS Texas, Crew Bunk Area

USS Texas, Crew Bunk Area

USS Texas, Crew Lavatories/Restrooms

USS Texas, Crew Bunk Area

Main Passageway

Laundry Area

Passageway - Deck 2

Machine Shop - Repair Area

Main Passageway

The restoration continues today on-board the USSTexas....

The restoration continues today on-board the USSTexas....

The restoration continues today on-board the USSTexas....

The restoration continues today on-board the USSTexas....

The restoration continues today on-board the USSTexas....

USS Texas, control area on the second level in the starboard next to engine room

The restoration continues today on-board the USSTexas....

USS Texas...a tangle of asbestos-coated wires and cables cover the metal walls like dried strands of spaghetti !!!

USS In 1940, Texas was designated flagship of U.S. Atlantic Fleet.

During World War II, Battleship USS Texas crew grew to more than 1,800 men

Battleship USS Texas and San Jacinto Monument

USS Texas, armor: 12 INCH SIDE / 3 INCH DECK / 14 INCH TURRET FACES !! ... was briefly the most powerful battleship in the world