Awesome! Thanks for enjoying the video! Once they complete repairs, you'll have to take the long trip over here to Texas and come walk her in person! There's also the CV-16 USS Lexington down in Corpus Christi, which is a few hours drive from here. That one is one you'd want to dedicate a whole day to touring. There's so much to see!
Sure glad I have visited her once in my life. It was very cool being on an actual battleship. Very classic post dreadnought design with the 5 turrets.. ..to me just as beautiful as the fast battleships like the Missouri which I saw sail into Monterey Bay on way to Mideast deployment in the 80s. Thank You.
That's rad! I would have loved to see the Missouri underway on her own power! I did get to see the Texas go from her berth by San Jacinto down to Gulf Copper in Galveston, where she was drydocked for repairs. It was pretty wild seeing that great ship sail by even if she wasn't doing so on her own.
@@MorningstarLifeTX The real highlight was the Presidio of Monterey firing a cannon and the Missouri responding by firing one of her 5 inch 38s in the traditional acknowledgement / salute that shore and ship guns are empty coming into port. In addition two naval patrol boats were escorting her then went back and forth firing .50 cal machine gun (blanks I believe). The next evening my wife and I had dinner on the wharf and could see the Missouri at anchor with the lights that go up to the superstructure from stem and stern. It seems to me it was 1986 or 1987 and was featured in the Monterey Herald newspaper.
She's definitely making some great progress! Next time you're in Texas, definitely pay her a visit. There's also the USS Lexington down in Corpus Christi that's worth a visit. You'd spend all day on that one! It's awesome!
Considering Texas is the very last Dreadnaught that isn't a smoldering pile of wreckage at the bottom of the oceans or scrapped then yes we should care for her so she's preserved for future generations
She is looking beautiful! ...anxious to see where she ultimately ends up. Rumor has it she'll stay in Galveston and will not be returning back to her original berth by the San Jacinto Monument.
@@Doncroft1 Yes, that's correct. She deliberately flooded her own blister tanks in order to increase the range of her guns at Normandy. I believe she was also the only ship to participate in all 5 theaters of WWII.
@@MorningstarLifeTX It was on June 15, nine days after the D-Day landings, when she partially flooded her starboard external torpedo protection blister to increase gun range. The tactic was borrowed from the British who used it to extend gun range on their big-gun monitors in the early 1920's. She served in 2 theaters; the European and Pacific, and won 5 battle stars; Normandy, Southern France, North Africa, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
She is beautiful! I can't wait for her to get back to the point to where we can tour her again! They're still debating where she ultimately calls home, with most rumors saying she'll stay relatively close to where she's currently located and will NOT be going back to her old berth in San Jacinto, which was a bit too off the beaten path. I think she'll end up with far more tourism if she remains in Galveston, near the cruise ship ports.
Thank you for the compliment! As for the music, it was just one of the backing tracks that come canned in PowerDirector 365. Nothing really special. I just selected something that could fill in the silence, given that the drone doesn't record audio, but wouldn't be anything that would take away from the visuals of the Texas, herself.
Again, the music is just a space occupier. Believe it or not, if I post videos with silence, I get all sorts of comments about how I didn't check my video to make sure it had audio. Ironically, they usually stem from little internet trolls who have never actually posted anything before, so they're incapable of comprehending the fact that drones don't typically record audio.
Wow, looking great there. Over a hundred years old and still looking far better then that obscene ugly cruse ship across from this. In fact even before this restoration it looked better. Now even more better. Cheers to the next 100 years when that lump of a floating thing across from you is long gone forgotten. Did I tell you I don't like modern cruise ships that are just floating Motels.
I'm not a fan of the cruise ships either. I've heard so many horror stories involving mass sickness, food poisoning, backed up toilet systems, etc., that you'll never catch me on one! At least with a motel, if something goes wrong, you can check out and go somewhere else! lol
@@haveraygunwilltravel Simple answer if you don't like it. Turn your volume down. That's pretty much what I do with all of the videos out there that play hip hop.
Agreed! So many other pieces of history have just been sent to the scrapyard over the years. We've really lucked out here in Texas. We have the USS Texas in Galveston and the CV-16 USS Lexington in Corpus Christi. If you ever get the chance to get to Corpus, that carrier is amazing! It's worth committing a whole day to tour just that ship!
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The music is a canned background track from PowerDirector, used to fill in the silence, since drone footage doesn't have audio. Oddly enough, one of the other comments on the video actually complimented the backing music, asking what it was and where it came from. lol My suggestion: You have volume and mute controls on both UA-cam AND on your computer/device. If you don't care for the music, simply mute it or dump the volume. That's what I do with all of the videos that contain hip hop. Either way, thanks for watching and congrats on being THAT guy.
Fantastic 👍 Salute from the Netherlands 🇳🇱, TW.
Awesome! Thanks for enjoying the video!
Once they complete repairs, you'll have to take the long trip over here to Texas and come walk her in person! There's also the CV-16 USS Lexington down in Corpus Christi, which is a few hours drive from here. That one is one you'd want to dedicate a whole day to touring. There's so much to see!
@MorningstarLifeTX : I would love that. Start saving now 👍
Great to see this classic piece of naval history on the way to restoration!
Great job USA! Well done!Bravo!!!👌
112 years since completion, 110 since commissioning. Hail the Queen of the Dreadnoughts !!
...and the only remaining dreadnaught, unfortunately.
Hail, USS Texas!
She is beautiful thank you so much
Thanks for watching!
Sure glad I have visited her once in my life. It was very cool being on an actual battleship. Very classic post dreadnought design with the 5 turrets.. ..to me just as beautiful as the fast battleships like the Missouri which I saw sail into Monterey Bay on way to Mideast deployment in the 80s. Thank You.
That's rad! I would have loved to see the Missouri underway on her own power!
I did get to see the Texas go from her berth by San Jacinto down to Gulf Copper in Galveston, where she was drydocked for repairs. It was pretty wild seeing that great ship sail by even if she wasn't doing so on her own.
@@MorningstarLifeTX The real highlight was the Presidio of Monterey firing a cannon and the Missouri responding by firing one of her 5 inch 38s in the traditional acknowledgement / salute that shore and ship guns are empty coming into port. In addition two naval patrol boats were escorting her then went back and forth firing .50 cal machine gun (blanks I believe). The next evening my wife and I had dinner on the wharf and could see the Missouri at anchor with the lights that go up to the superstructure from stem and stern. It seems to me it was 1986 or 1987 and was featured in the Monterey Herald newspaper.
Looked it up in photo archives, it was July 7, 1987.
I missed the chance to visit this bad boy when I was in Texas. Hopefully, she will be fully restored to her former glory.
She's definitely making some great progress!
Next time you're in Texas, definitely pay her a visit. There's also the USS Lexington down in Corpus Christi that's worth a visit. You'd spend all day on that one! It's awesome!
Beautiful piece of history ! What a master piece and symbol of a hard won victory 👍👍👍🙂🙂🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
TEXAS PRIDE AND HONOR BACK IN THE WATER.. SAIL ON MY LADY SAIL ON.❤❤❤❤🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Cant wait to see the Texas finished!
Considering Texas is the very last Dreadnaught that isn't a smoldering pile of wreckage at the bottom of the oceans or scrapped then yes we should care for her so she's preserved for future generations
COWABUNGA! -If those turrets could only speak....
Can't you just picture her, broadside, off the beaches of Normandy, with those guns roaring? What a sight that must have been!
wouldnt want them speaking at me................
Congrats ❤❤❤ USS
That's awesome.👍
She is looking beautiful! ...anxious to see where she ultimately ends up. Rumor has it she'll stay in Galveston and will not be returning back to her original berth by the San Jacinto Monument.
Battleship is looking sharp. Now it needs a new home!
A beacon of american engineering!
...and a beautiful one, at that! I can't wait to see her fully restored! Thanks for watching.
The big gun turrets only have two guns each - not three - but there are four of them!
Salute!
She's definitely looking good so far, isn't she? ...can't wait to see her completely restored again.
Didn't they put her back in the water in March?
This is the ship that flooded its own tanks to create a list and tilt the guns up so it could help shell the beaches at Normandy.
@@Doncroft1 Yes, that's correct. She deliberately flooded her own blister tanks in order to increase the range of her guns at Normandy. I believe she was also the only ship to participate in all 5 theaters of WWII.
@MorningstarLifeTX maybe
@@MorningstarLifeTX It was on June 15, nine days after the D-Day landings, when she partially flooded her starboard external torpedo protection blister to increase gun range. The tactic was borrowed from the British who used it to extend gun range on their big-gun monitors in the early 1920's. She served in 2 theaters; the European and Pacific, and won 5 battle stars; Normandy, Southern France, North Africa, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Looking sharp
She is beautiful! I can't wait for her to get back to the point to where we can tour her again! They're still debating where she ultimately calls home, with most rumors saying she'll stay relatively close to where she's currently located and will NOT be going back to her old berth in San Jacinto, which was a bit too off the beaten path. I think she'll end up with far more tourism if she remains in Galveston, near the cruise ship ports.
She's looking good for a 100+ year old.
Absolutely! Can't wait to see her back to full glory!
We're being reinforced with the dreadnought (foghorn bellowing).
Looking fantastic - great drone shots! What's the music called?
Thank you for the compliment! As for the music, it was just one of the backing tracks that come canned in PowerDirector 365. Nothing really special. I just selected something that could fill in the silence, given that the drone doesn't record audio, but wouldn't be anything that would take away from the visuals of the Texas, herself.
Music called annoying
Again, the music is just a space occupier. Believe it or not, if I post videos with silence, I get all sorts of comments about how I didn't check my video to make sure it had audio. Ironically, they usually stem from little internet trolls who have never actually posted anything before, so they're incapable of comprehending the fact that drones don't typically record audio.
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Wow, looking great there. Over a hundred years old and still looking far better then that obscene ugly cruse ship across from this. In fact even before this restoration it looked better. Now even more better. Cheers to the next 100 years when that lump of a floating thing across from you is long gone forgotten.
Did I tell you I don't like modern cruise ships that are just floating Motels.
I'm not a fan of the cruise ships either. I've heard so many horror stories involving mass sickness, food poisoning, backed up toilet systems, etc., that you'll never catch me on one! At least with a motel, if something goes wrong, you can check out and go somewhere else! lol
More like floating theme parks.
@@donaldreynolds6857
Yes, of course they are that.
Thank you for correcting me.
本当にオリジナルはこんな色なの？
あと第三砲塔の右舷側舷側のダメージを直して居ないのは何故？
No music please.
@@haveraygunwilltravel Simple answer if you don't like it. Turn your volume down. That's pretty much what I do with all of the videos out there that play hip hop.
Beautiful sight too bad other ships in our history were not saved n restored battleships n aircraft carriers
Agreed! So many other pieces of history have just been sent to the scrapyard over the years.
We've really lucked out here in Texas. We have the USS Texas in Galveston and the CV-16 USS Lexington in Corpus Christi. If you ever get the chance to get to Corpus, that carrier is amazing! It's worth committing a whole day to tour just that ship!
RIP Enterprise
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I dont think I follow what you are saying. I am a Texan, maybe that's it.
@@capnkente1 not only for " not following" just plain incoherently nuts.
So I wasn't the only one. lol
...had me scratching my head, trying to decipher that for about 10 mins before I finally just gave up.
Downvote for the loud, terrible music.
The music is a canned background track from PowerDirector, used to fill in the silence, since drone footage doesn't have audio. Oddly enough, one of the other comments on the video actually complimented the backing music, asking what it was and where it came from. lol
My suggestion: You have volume and mute controls on both UA-cam AND on your computer/device. If you don't care for the music, simply mute it or dump the volume. That's what I do with all of the videos that contain hip hop.
Either way, thanks for watching and congrats on being THAT guy.