USS Texas BB-35 - "Mighty T On Target"

USS Texas (BB-35) was one of the New York class battleships. It was launched on May 18, 1912 and commissioned on March 12, 1914. At the time of launching, the ship was the most powerful weapon in the world. Its main battery consisted of ten 14-inch / 45 caliber Mark 1 guns. They fired a 1,400 lb armor-piercing shell and had a range of 13 miles. Secondary battery was a compliment of twenty-one 5-inch / 51-caliber guns. USS Texas also had four 21-inch torpedo tubes - two in the bow and two astern. They fired the Bliss-Leavitt Mark 8 torpedo. The ship served in both World War I and World War II.USS Texas served during World War I with the British Grand Fleet primarily performing escort duty and occasional forays reinforcing the British squadron on blockade duty in the North SeaThe ship saw service in World War II in both the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters of Operation. While serving in the Atlantic, she provided support for major amphibious landings during “Operation Torch” in Africa and l