The most powerful weapon in the world in 1914, are the words used to describe the famous USS Texas, a massive US Navy New York-class battleship which served in both WWI and WWII. The ship, which is ...
Battleship Texas may still be undergoing renovations, but the public will be able to view parts of the ship for the first time since before the pandemic as part of its upcoming Normandy Tour.
Nearly 81 years later, on a clear May morning, I walk the gangplank to the Texas, now moored in the placid waters of the Galveston Ship Channel. For decades, the ship, decommissioned in 1948, was ...