I've not been aboard the _Texas_ but when we were in North Carolina - I did visit the _North Carolina_ . It's been going through some serious maintenance too. This was one of the more memorable experiences of my life. One thing about those 40mm's was that my brother and I could sit there in the gunners seats and operate the gun. Which for 10 and 12 year old boys was something. I've been on the _New Jersey_ twice but both times were Open Ship Days when she was still in service - so we couldn't go play with the guns. Ships like these will never be built again so it is important that we preserve the ones we have. So - I'm pleased to see the _Texas_ moving along towards a better future. .
@@AsbestosMuffins Yes. Two of the great sacrileges of history were that the _Enterprise_ and _Warspite_ were scrapped ... Two of the ships I worked on as a technician are gone now ... .
Man, if I was in TX I'd be asking to volunteer to help yall take those Orlikron AA mounts apart. Seal replacement, sand blast, disassemble, clear, reassemble, CNC new gears. All sounds like a normal days work for me in all honesty. I'd love give yall a few more years of machinist and mechanic experience at hand to help yall keep this museum afloat for another 2 generations.
I recall manning one of the 3" AA batteries back in 1956, (I was 5). Always had a heart for the old BB-35 and I'm so encouraged by your efforts to keep her afloat! "Lest we forget!"
Howdy from Nevada! I am so pleased to see that the Texas is being saved. I visited her in 1987 with my new bride (Lady Longhorn BTW) on my first visit to the Houston area and to San Jacinto Monument. Great location for it originally, however preserving this piece of history as one of the original battleship/dreadnoughts of its era is more important. Galveston sounds like a good tourist accessible location.provided it is protected from potential hurricanes. When I am able I will support this effort. Thanks for all you do.
Battleship "Texas" was fascinating, I have spent years at sea and visited dozens of perserved museum ships . TEXAS was one of the most interesting. Thank you for preserving and restoring this magnificent ship.
The USS Texas is a national treasure as are all of the museum ships. Glad she is being taken care of. I volunteered time aboard the USS Missouri when I was stationed in Hawaii. I was USAF but have always loved these old treasures. As for the Facebook issues, maybe the USS Oklahoma association is sabotaging your page. Boomer Sooner!
The problem is that the Texas is not being taken care of. That the the whole reason for putting her back into drydock. It is a shame how the Texas has been neglected for DECADES.
@@BattleshipTexas looks like my last two comments were deleted, so I will reply here. If Facebook is a problem, why not use one of the newer alternative social media platforms??
Thanks for coming out to the (CAF) Houston Wing (formally West Houston Squadron) "Warbird Weekend" event!! It was a nice surprise to see you have time in your busy schedule and visit!
You said the Texas would never be in San Jacinto again. I was unaware that a new berthing location had been chosen for her. Where will she be and will she be in a dry docked facility? Thank you for the wonderful work you're doing in restoring this national treasure to first class condition.
wen i was in boy scouts visiting a volunteer took me and a friend up to the top he had to un lock it for us that was one of the most memorable moments standing up thear looking over the bow
Hey, I'll be going to Texas on July 7th in Houston and will be in Texas for 10 days so I hope to see the museum ship being move back to Houston during that time
Howdy, we put a closed cell expanding marine foam into the torpedo blisters, which are the external tanks along the waterline, of the ship. It is primarily there to ensure that if water enters the blisters while the ship is underway to Galveston, it should not cause much of an issue.
the face book thing is always odd - very typical of a company to hide behind its smoked glass ivory tower with no real way to communicate with them - ie no call centre to resolve issues i broke my facebook page a few years back, i had too many photos and suddenly they would appear in the folders in a different order, ie not in in date order as we all want them, i tried to reset the order, but it refused - it was broke, so i shut the page down and put my photos into Google instead, does make easier for folk to access them and at in high res without them being less quality
Not to worry, the Texas will outlast Facebook. Its in its Myspace phase. Best thing to do is make a mini social area on the main Texas website, so you don't have to deal with social media trolls.
Do you guys know yet ,,,that the Foundation doesn't want you me or the public there to watch the ship depart...YES THEY ARE GOING TO BLOCK OFF ROADS DO WE THE PUBLIC CANNOT GO WATCH....What do have to say about that Mr Vice President of ship operations
What about the Mud under Battleship Texas, as is the Battleship Texas currently fully afloat or is she sitting on the bottom in the mud? As seeing as Battleship Texas has been docked at that location for quite a while couldn't Battleship Texas actually refuse to budge due to the suction caused by the mud and the bottom of the Battleship Texas hull, as i don't think a tug-a-war between the Tug Boats that will be needed to pull the Battleship Texas out of her current berth and the suction of the mud under the Texas would be the best for the superstructure of Battleship Texas, or will you be doing survey dives just prior to the Battleship Texas being moved to see if you need to any dredging under Battleship Texas to help release the amount of pressure suction of the mud under the Battleship Texas so the Tug Boats won't end up damaging the Battleship in any way?
will there be any rehabilitation or remodel done to the foretop? If so, will there be documentation? Id love for Tom Scott or someone to be able to talk about the directors and equipment that was in there. Yes, I know that the Texas was "decapitated" of her foretop in the 80s drydocking and there are a few black and white photos of the interior (gutted) from that process, but it would be really cool to have a video done of the interior, especially if it is getting the asbestos removed. We as tourists cannot go up there due to safety anyway, so why not film it?
@@BattleshipTexas thats awesome to hear! It will definitely satisfy particular questions about the interiors of the foretops during operations. All we have is photographs and reference source books mixed with our imaginations about the interiors of them.
If y'all want to know, the dry dock that was acquired for this project is a half of one of the dry docks used at Grand Bahama Shipyard. This specific dry dock was involved in an accident in 2019 while it housed a Royal Caribbean Oasis class cruise ship. The whole dock was sold to a scrapper in Florida. While in Florida, it was discovered that the damaged half of the dock could be scrapped while the undamaged half could be still be used. The dry dock was split before being purchased by Gulf Copper shipyards with this project and future projects in mind.
While it appears that Texas may overhang both ends of the dock a little bit, she should be safe in it. The key is to have keel blocks supporting her under her major frames. The dock as it is now has more than enough lift capacity to handle the battleship. As she sits right now she probably displaces less than 25,000 tons ... no fuel, boiler feed water, potable water in the tanks and no stores or ammunition. The dock, as I understand it has a capacity of around 35,000 tons. The dock floor is a lot wider than the battleship so the yardbirds will have plenty of room to work on the Lady.
Good luck fighting with Facebook. I asserted and proved our right to ownership of a non-profit trademark and just wasted our time. Have your lawyers just go ahead and threaten action. That's what it will take, to get their attention.
@@robertf3479 With our similar drydock at Bath Iron Works the Burke Class ships actually overhung the bow by quite a bit, because of the size of the bulbous bow. It's all engineering.
I served aboard USS Texas (CGN-39) back in the late 1970's. On my last ship, the USS Sphinx (ARL-24) I was the gunnery officer on the forward 40mm MK II Quad gun mount. Some of your photos brought back some old memories! It's been a long time since I last heard the bark of that mount! Keep up the great work on the Texas. The updates are great!
While I didn't get a chance to go aboard I was able to check Sphinx out when we relieved you guys in Rodman, Panama (1985 I think) so you could get some maintenance done. Those 40mm gave you an anti-helo, anti-surface self defense capability that a lot of other ships didn't have and would probably shock people not familiar with those old guns. I was in Caron (DD 970) in those days. We found some good fantail fishing up the coast.
I have been aboard the Texas twice and Both times I have enjoyed being abroad her. In way like the spirits of crew members were welcoming us aboard ship and wanting us to learn her history
For all who care truly care: all numbered port-side objects, including gun mounts are odd-numbered; starboard-side objects are even-numbered. There are zero exceptions. Godspeed on Texas' refit. She is a piece of history that cannot be left to just rust away.... 🇺🇸
You guys are doing a great job. I have pictures of the Texas when I visited in 1980? 81? and it looks a lot better .Your corrosion control program has come a long way. Having been in the military, I know how everything corrodes, especially near the water. The Facebook thing upsets me. I would like to know what we normal people can do to help you out with that deal. Thank You!
Facebook/Zuckerberg are arrogant hind-ends including the execratory orifice of horse that consistently act like a herd of male donkeys. I personally despise Facebook and Instagram because they are such a bad “internet citizen”
My Dad was in the Pacific Theater in World War 2 and served on 2 different ships. USS HYDE APA 173 and the USS ATTU CVE 102. He brought me to the USS TEXAS when I was 5 years old and I brought him back in the early 90's. We went through ever part of the ship we could go into and was amazed of the armor that was aboard this battle wagon. Just makes you wonder what damage a projectile could do to a ship. Afterwards we went to the souvenirs building and bought several books that I still have and read today in remembrance of my Dad. He past in January 2010 and I'd have to say he was a proud Navy Veteran and was glad he served. I've read that Beaumont Texas is trying to acquire the Texas that would be 25 miles from my house but still in talks to where they would dock her along the Neches River. This would be an epic attraction to have for the city of Beaumont. Just praying they acquire her🙏🙏🙏
Beaumont would be a great place for her. Right there by Edison Plaza. She would be clearly visible on I-10 coming across the Purple Heart Bridge. Replace the old ATT building with a museum dedicated to her, and general Naval History. I even thought add a 2nd floor restaurant with the entire wall facing the ship being glass. Work out events where you can watch 4th of July fireworks from her decks. Have movie nights drive in style, but you're watching old war movies, and documentaries from the Texas. That area of the Neches is about as far inland as you can go and still be "salt water" so the corrosion factor would be better there than any other possible location, and it's better protected from Hurricanes.
I can tell you what happened to your Facebook page. Facebook sucks. That's what happened. Good luck with the restoration and Godspeed to the battleship Texas.
I personally despise Facebook and consider it a something a kin to “The Plague” for a number of reasons their seemingly arbitrary of removing pages without giving a reason and the invasive and secretive data mining they do upon their users tops the list and never mind the Zuckerberg’s arrogant attitude. That all said is there a mechanism for followers of Battleship Texas to place questions/complaints to Facebook either on Facebook or better yet on Twitter to try and push the company for answers. It seems the best way these days sadly to deal with anything is not polite communications and discussion but by creating a stink pot on unSocial Media
@@BattleshipTexas : I hope that it’s going to be Corpus Christi next to the Lexington. There people can see two ships that fought in the Pacific almost side by side.
Long term why not pull the ship out of the water? In Yokosuka, Japan, next to the Navel base, there is an older Japanese battle ship resting on concrete. A rather clever idea as water corrosion is no longer a problem.
Glad to see the Texas is getting quite a bit of work done on her. She's going strong nearly 110 years and I look forward to seeing her continue on for decades to come.
congratulations on the progress. to go along with the last time it being in it's current place, keep in mind, the Battleship Texas will leave port one more time. :)
Have wanted to go aboard and check out the ship but sadly that may never happen. Was down in Texas back in the late 80's for fire school at A&M. Our group took a day trip down to Galveston and stumbled upon the ship and wanted to see her. Sadly they were just closing for the day so we missed it. The next year another group of us made the trip down again but this time made plans to stop and see the ship first on our trip. Sadly she was gone and not there. That was the last time I was there and sadly doubt I will make it back down there again. Hope everything goes well for her and her new home is a good place for all that can make it there to see her.
I’ve visited the USS Wisconsin and the Texas. The Texas was way more open from machinery rooms to the bridge. It is very much a National treasure. If we can give Ukraine 40 billion we can absolutely give this ship 10 million for upkeep.
As a kid (1960s'), I lived in Galveston, Tx. in the summertime, due to my real father living there. My father was a world-class Tool & Die Maker. Richard Cobb. Dad had an Apartment near the American National building. The place we lived in is still there. The red building at the corner of Postoffice St. & 20th St., on the second floor, on the corner, overlooking, Postoffice & 20th. The spring that I came down just after my 17th birthday, he handed me my Tool & Die Journeymen's Card. And become another world-class Tool & Die, Maker. I love Galveston! I hated Illinois! Where I am still today, and still hating it here! After being married, I really tried hard to move back to Galveston in the early 80s'. I worked for VANSKIKE SECURITY, INC. and a gun shop called GUNSMOKE. But it wasn't enough for my wife and I couldn't really blame her after coming from working for JOHN DEER HARVESTER. But I loved Harry and Nancy Vanskike, even though Harry was a first-class prick, who once took me out to a Wanch Barge, in the middle of the Gulf, and left me there for 10 &1/2 days and 11 nights. So I digress... I still count Texas as my true home. Because I love Galveston so much. At this point, my life is going through some major changes. My wife of over 45 years won't make another one, and I've been battling bladder cancer for 5 years. But her cancer is on a whole nother level. And lately, I may, or may not, have other issues. At 65, who knows. But if I remain in reasonably good shape after I lose my wife, I'd love to come down there to Galveston, my real home, and help work on the TEXAS. My real name is Michael G. Dawson (Cobb at birth). 309-203-6332
(I am new to this, haven't been following) Pumps and foam--have they done anything to fix the hull? Or is that awaiting the drydock? Just want to know.
After you have that 40mm Bofors fully restored I have a suggestion. First of all watch the Spielberg film " 1941 ". Next when you are doing tours of the ship and you are standing on the 40 mm mount about to explain it have a person in the audience call out........ Civilian: Hey, isn't that thing dangerous? Can it just go off? Curator: The 40mm Bofors gun is perfectly safe as long as you never do this.... Do NOT pull the hand operating lever to the rear. Do NOT drop a clip of ammunition into the feed rollers. Do NOT return the hand operating lever to firing position. Do Not make sure the cover is completely closed. Never operate the foot triggers,
My dad worked on fixing up the Texas back in the 80s at Todd's shipyard. The company that will start working on the Texas in the next couple months is at the same site as Todd's shipyards that went out of business some time ago.
Where is she being moved to for her final resting place? I was able to visit her when I was very young. I was hoping to get to visit her again some day.
@RickeyMouse, there is such an appeal to battleships. I have visited three. USS North Carolina (BB-55) North Carolina class USS Massachusetts (BB-59) South Dakota class USS Wisconsin (BB-64) Iowa class I have yet to visit USS Texas (BB-35) New York class
@@MaxCruise73 That’s awesome man! I hope to one day visit those as well. Of all the times I’ve visited USSTexas, I haven’t been able to explore the whole thing due to repairs needed. I once went as low as we could and they had a opened hatch with a ladder but surrounded with wire so that we couldn’t go through but I looked down the hatch and seemed like a looong way down. Hopefully with the new repairs we’ll finally be able to go through the whole thing !
@@rickeymouse9992 I have photos of the steering compartment with all the hydraulics to turn the rudder on North Carolina. Most of the ship is open to the public.
My obsession is with seeing as many museum ships as I can. They're all awesome to go on. I try to do them in fall and winter; I can't stand the summer heat in the non-air conditioned parts of the interiors any more than when I was active duty on the Lexington. Much of that ship was still not air-conditioned back then, and during the shipyard overhauls in Philly and Mobile, no power means no air! I had the temporary duty as Q.A specialist for catapults in Mobile, and that meant I had to crawl up inside the cat tracks underneath the flight deck on summer scorchers to inspect the work that had been done. That's the hottest I've ever been in my life; it beat weeding my father's garden summer days in Alabama or calisthenics on the Grinder at Orlando boot camp in July. I lost pounds crawling up in there and back. Found photos and soda cans etc from the 1960s. Left 'em there, too. That's my sea story for the day. Check back tomorrow for another thrilling episode of 'As the Tailhook Turns'.
@@jerrydiver1 I have also toured four submarines including the Type IXC U-505 and the USS Nautilus (SSN-571). A trip to Boston allowed me to tour USS Constitution and USS Cassin Young (DD-793). No tours of the aircraft carriers (yet).
Could we see a print of the block build for the dry dock? I’ve put 6 submarines and a Nimitz class in dry dock at NNSY. I can’t think of a more interesting block build in the last 25 years due to Texas’ corrosion.
I have heard that everyone is worried about the condition of the hull of the Texas as she is scheduled to be towed to the dock, wouldn't it be better to take the Dock to her instead. Is the draft of the dry-dock too deep to take it up the ship channel to her?
Texas has already celebrated her 100th anniversary, and here's hoping that with these restoration measures that she'll still be around for the 200th and beyond. As the last surviving dreadnought and such an iconic historical ship she needs to be saved and preserved for the future.
an interesting thing id like to know is when they repair Texas will they paint a camouflage on it that it used in the war or refurbish the one it has now instead of leaving it a steel grey color?
I bought a piece of the deck of the Battleship New Jersey to help pay for her new deck. I love owning a small piece of history. Thank you for all you do
Forgive my naivety, but where is she moving too? I thought she headed to drydock for much needed maintenance and refitting and then would move back to San Jacinto?
@@jakerocinante1133 The new location has yet to be determined. They cannot return the ship to the previous location because not enough people visit it. It’s going to be on display in a more populated area where the ticket sales can help with the maintenance.
@@jakerocinante1133 An article in the Texas Standard dated Sept 2021 Says there are three locations who have bod for the ship to be docked. Copy and paste from the article follows. My money is on Galveston. Baytown, a small industrial community east of Houston; Beaumont, which is only in the early stages of formulating a proposal for the ship; and Galveston, which has two locations under consideration.
@@chrisb9960 Thanks, I remember hearing that the site was not easy to get too but even without the USS Texas I’ll still visit the battlefield. Hope wherever she moves too gets a lot of tourist, visited Corpus Christi and when I saw the Lexington I had to go, still have ball cap I bought.
Why do you spend preservation monies replacing gears that are never going to be in action again? The gear was probably worn out from heavy use and not from just sitting on the bridge deck right? Wouldn't the monies be put to better use saving the Texas from sinking?
Good question. The gears were damaged because the mounts just sat, because their bearings had froze. The gears and mounts will turn again -which is while we are replacing them. Most of the materials we are getting is from in kind donations or greatly discounted. We have $35million for the hull, the few thousand dollars saved by not replacing gears will be but drop in the sea. We are standing up volunteer “gun crews” to perform preventative maintenance on these guns, so they don’t ever get in this state again.
I've not been aboard the _Texas_ but when we were in North Carolina - I did visit the _North Carolina_ . It's been going through some serious maintenance too.
This was one of the more memorable experiences of my life. One thing about those 40mm's was that my brother and I could sit there in the gunners seats and operate the gun. Which for 10 and 12 year old boys was something.
I've been on the _New Jersey_ twice but both times were Open Ship Days when she was still in service - so we couldn't go play with the guns.
Ships like these will never be built again so it is important that we preserve the ones we have.
So - I'm pleased to see the _Texas_ moving along towards a better future.
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especially since the texas is the last dreadnought battleship
@@AsbestosMuffins Yes. Two of the great sacrileges of history were that the _Enterprise_ and _Warspite_ were scrapped ...
Two of the ships I worked on as a technician are gone now ...
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Man, if I was in TX I'd be asking to volunteer to help yall take those Orlikron AA mounts apart.
Seal replacement, sand blast, disassemble, clear, reassemble, CNC new gears. All sounds like a normal days work for me in all honesty. I'd love give yall a few more years of machinist and mechanic experience at hand to help yall keep this museum afloat for another 2 generations.
Come on down, it's hurricane season and the temps are tripple digit. But, you'll get used to it.
Let us know if you make it it sounds like they could use you
I recall manning one of the 3" AA batteries back in 1956, (I was 5). Always had a heart for the old BB-35 and I'm so encouraged by your efforts to keep her afloat! "Lest we forget!"
got a pic of me doing the same thing in 59 i was 6!
send yr contributions TEXANS!
Heh-heh . . . technically, wouldn't that be called "BOYING" one of Texas' three inch AA mounts ?
USS Texas was the first ship my relative served on after he graduated from the USNA in 1932. He retired in 1962 after a splendid 30 year career.
Howdy from Nevada! I am so pleased to see that the Texas is being saved. I visited her in 1987 with my new bride (Lady Longhorn BTW) on my first visit to the Houston area and to San Jacinto Monument. Great location for it originally, however preserving this piece of history as one of the original battleship/dreadnoughts of its era is more important. Galveston sounds like a good tourist accessible location.provided it is protected from potential hurricanes. When I am able I will support this effort. Thanks for all you do.
Ya'll are doing a great job. This battleship is a huge historical piece of the World Wars.
Battleship "Texas" was fascinating, I have spent years at sea and visited dozens of perserved museum ships . TEXAS was one of the most interesting. Thank you for preserving and restoring this magnificent ship.
The USS Texas is a national treasure as are all of the museum ships. Glad she is being taken care of. I volunteered time aboard the USS Missouri when I was stationed in Hawaii. I was USAF but have always loved these old treasures.
As for the Facebook issues, maybe the USS Oklahoma association is sabotaging your page. Boomer Sooner!
The problem is that the Texas is not being taken care of. That the the whole reason for putting her back into drydock. It is a shame how the Texas has been neglected for DECADES.
Love that the last surviving Dreadnaught-era battlewagon has that fifth 'waist' turret...
Awesome! Looking forward to visiting this magnificent beast when she has a new home.
Thanks for the update!!!!
Thanks for your support!
@@BattleshipTexas looks like my last two comments were deleted, so I will reply here. If Facebook is a problem, why not use one of the newer alternative social media platforms??
Thanks for the hats! I got the pre and post refit ones from my mom for my birthday!
My step-grandfather served on the Texas.
Thanks for coming out to the (CAF) Houston Wing (formally West Houston Squadron) "Warbird Weekend" event!! It was a nice surprise to see you have time in your busy schedule and visit!
You said the Texas would never be in San Jacinto again. I was unaware that a new berthing location had been chosen for her. Where will she be and will she be in a dry docked facility? Thank you for the wonderful work you're doing in restoring this national treasure to first class condition.
Itd be amazing if when finished she came back on her own steam but sadly I don’t think it’ll happen
wen i was in boy scouts visiting a volunteer took me and a friend up to the top he had to un lock it for us that was one of the most memorable moments standing up thear looking over the bow
I have visited her 3 times, it is a national treasure and should be preserved
I so hope Texas gets all the attention and support she deserves in her new home. Such a glorious vessel!
Hey, I'll be going to Texas on July 7th in Houston and will be in Texas for 10 days so I hope to see the museum ship being move back to Houston during that time
The Texas is the most gangster battleship ever
You should have posted a video of them dredging behind the ship.
We are going to do a separate ASMR video of the dredging…😉
Maybe some at Facebook doesn't like Texas?
The tech industry is full of children, so it is very possible.
Thanks... Texas First!
I wish that they would do this with USS OLYMPIA
Hate that I missed the last opening in March, I was TDY 😔
Texas really deserves a concrete berth, her hull is getting so worryingly thin sitting in saltwater for the past 110 years.
Is renovation of the CPO Quarters on the drydock worklist???
Is the deck going to be replaced or repaired?
We’re hoping to have the whole wood deck replaced
@@BattleshipTexas Sell that old decking....woodworkers love that old wood especially Pen turners
From what the Wall Street Journal reports, Facebook deliberately has no customer service. What a business!
What about the 20mm mounts that were on top of the main turrets? Would you guys ever make mock up guns to put up there?
That’s something we are looking at, but we have a lot of higher priority things ahead of it.
Ever think of going to GETTR. Screw fakebook
Could you explain the 3/4 million gallons of foam?
Howdy, we put a closed cell expanding marine foam into the torpedo blisters, which are the external tanks along the waterline, of the ship. It is primarily there to ensure that if water enters the blisters while the ship is underway to Galveston, it should not cause much of an issue.
I was there the last weekend it was open. Pretty cool moment to experience 😎
If it's going to be placed in Galveston, the perfect place to put it would be at Seawolf Park!
the face book thing is always odd - very typical of a company to hide behind its smoked glass ivory tower with no real way to communicate with them - ie no call centre to resolve issues
i broke my facebook page a few years back, i had too many photos and suddenly they would appear in the folders in a different order, ie not in in date order as we all want them, i tried to reset the order, but it refused - it was broke, so i shut the page down and put my photos into Google instead, does make easier for folk to access them and at in high res without them being less quality
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When she's done being restored where is she going to end up at ?
I’m sure it was just one of those things, but Facebook Sucks
Not to worry, the Texas will outlast Facebook. Its in its Myspace phase. Best thing to do is make a mini social area on the main Texas website, so you don't have to deal with social media trolls.
Do you guys know yet ,,,that the Foundation doesn't want you me or the public there to watch the ship depart...YES THEY ARE GOING TO BLOCK OFF ROADS DO WE THE PUBLIC CANNOT GO WATCH....What do have to say about that Mr Vice President of ship operations
What about the Mud under Battleship Texas, as is the Battleship Texas currently fully afloat or is she sitting on the bottom in the mud? As seeing as Battleship Texas has been docked at that location for quite a while couldn't Battleship Texas actually refuse to budge due to the suction caused by the mud and the bottom of the Battleship Texas hull, as i don't think a tug-a-war between the Tug Boats that will be needed to pull the Battleship Texas out of her current berth and the suction of the mud under the Texas would be the best for the superstructure of Battleship Texas, or will you be doing survey dives just prior to the Battleship Texas being moved to see if you need to any dredging under Battleship Texas to help release the amount of pressure suction of the mud under the Battleship Texas so the Tug Boats won't end up damaging the Battleship in any way?
will there be any rehabilitation or remodel done to the foretop? If so, will there be documentation? Id love for Tom Scott or someone to be able to talk about the directors and equipment that was in there. Yes, I know that the Texas was "decapitated" of her foretop in the 80s drydocking and there are a few black and white photos of the interior (gutted) from that process, but it would be really cool to have a video done of the interior, especially if it is getting the asbestos removed. We as tourists cannot go up there due to safety anyway, so why not film it?
Yes will be doing multiple videos about the foretop.
@@BattleshipTexas thats awesome to hear! It will definitely satisfy particular questions about the interiors of the foretops during operations. All we have is photographs and reference source books mixed with our imaginations about the interiors of them.
Unfortunately, they have been pretty heavily gutted. Mostly by the Navy in 1948.
If y'all want to know, the dry dock that was acquired for this project is a half of one of the dry docks used at Grand Bahama Shipyard. This specific dry dock was involved in an accident in 2019 while it housed a Royal Caribbean Oasis class cruise ship. The whole dock was sold to a scrapper in Florida. While in Florida, it was discovered that the damaged half of the dock could be scrapped while the undamaged half could be still be used. The dry dock was split before being purchased by Gulf Copper shipyards with this project and future projects in mind.
While it appears that Texas may overhang both ends of the dock a little bit, she should be safe in it. The key is to have keel blocks supporting her under her major frames. The dock as it is now has more than enough lift capacity to handle the battleship. As she sits right now she probably displaces less than 25,000 tons ... no fuel, boiler feed water, potable water in the tanks and no stores or ammunition. The dock, as I understand it has a capacity of around 35,000 tons. The dock floor is a lot wider than the battleship so the yardbirds will have plenty of room to work on the Lady.
I would guess closer to 26k or 27k tons, but your point stands
So the dry dock will need to be dry docked.
Good luck fighting with Facebook. I asserted and proved our right to ownership of a non-profit trademark and just wasted our time. Have your lawyers just go ahead and threaten action. That's what it will take, to get their attention.
@@robertf3479 With our similar drydock at Bath Iron Works the Burke Class ships actually overhung the bow by quite a bit, because of the size of the bulbous bow. It's all engineering.
Legendary ship getting pampering, she deserves it.
Thank you guys for securing history.
I served aboard USS Texas (CGN-39) back in the late 1970's. On my last ship, the USS Sphinx (ARL-24) I was the gunnery officer on the forward 40mm MK II Quad gun mount. Some of your photos brought back some old memories! It's been a long time since I last heard the bark of that mount! Keep up the great work on the Texas. The updates are great!
While I didn't get a chance to go aboard I was able to check Sphinx out when we relieved you guys in Rodman, Panama (1985 I think) so you could get some maintenance done. Those 40mm gave you an anti-helo, anti-surface self defense capability that a lot of other ships didn't have and would probably shock people not familiar with those old guns.
I was in Caron (DD 970) in those days. We found some good fantail fishing up the coast.
Facebook? I'd say it was an inside job! You represent all that is great in America. They are pretty much the opposite.
I have been aboard the Texas twice and Both times I have enjoyed being abroad her. In way like the spirits of crew members were welcoming us aboard ship and wanting us to learn her history
For all who care truly care: all numbered port-side objects, including gun mounts are odd-numbered; starboard-side objects are even-numbered. There are zero exceptions. Godspeed on Texas' refit. She is a piece of history that cannot be left to just rust away.... 🇺🇸
Fakebook is doing this on purpose, you are better off dumping them.
You guys are doing a great job. I have pictures of the Texas when I visited in 1980? 81? and it looks a lot better .Your corrosion control program has come a long way. Having been in the military, I know how everything corrodes, especially near the water. The Facebook thing upsets me. I would like to know what we normal people can do to help you out with that deal. Thank You!
Facebook had a massive hack. And they are lame about fixing problems
That’s always fun to hear. Hopefully, we’ll get it back up and running asap!
Facebook/Zuckerberg are arrogant hind-ends including the execratory orifice of horse that consistently act like a herd of male donkeys. I personally despise Facebook and Instagram because they are such a bad “internet citizen”
My Dad was in the Pacific Theater in World War 2 and served on 2 different ships. USS HYDE APA 173 and the USS ATTU CVE 102. He brought me to the USS TEXAS when I was 5 years old and I brought him back in the early 90's. We went through ever part of the ship we could go into and was amazed of the armor that was aboard this battle wagon. Just makes you wonder what damage a projectile could do to a ship. Afterwards we went to the souvenirs building and bought several books that I still have and read today in remembrance of my Dad. He past in January 2010 and I'd have to say he was a proud Navy Veteran and was glad he served.
I've read that Beaumont Texas is trying to acquire the Texas that would be 25 miles from my house but still in talks to where they would dock her along the Neches River. This would be an epic attraction to have for the city of Beaumont. Just praying they acquire her🙏🙏🙏
Beaumont would be a great place for her. Right there by Edison Plaza. She would be clearly visible on I-10 coming across the Purple Heart Bridge. Replace the old ATT building with a museum dedicated to her, and general Naval History. I even thought add a 2nd floor restaurant with the entire wall facing the ship being glass. Work out events where you can watch 4th of July fireworks from her decks. Have movie nights drive in style, but you're watching old war movies, and documentaries from the Texas. That area of the Neches is about as far inland as you can go and still be "salt water" so the corrosion factor would be better there than any other possible location, and it's better protected from Hurricanes.
Facebook is just bad you should focus on your website.
I can tell you what happened to your Facebook page. Facebook sucks. That's what happened. Good luck with the restoration and Godspeed to the battleship Texas.
I personally despise Facebook and consider it a something a kin to “The Plague” for a number of reasons their seemingly arbitrary of removing pages without giving a reason and the invasive and secretive data mining they do upon their users tops the list and never mind the Zuckerberg’s arrogant attitude. That all said is there a mechanism for followers of Battleship Texas to place questions/complaints to Facebook either on Facebook or better yet on Twitter to try and push the company for answers. It seems the best way these days sadly to deal with anything is not polite communications and discussion but by creating a stink pot on unSocial Media
I fired FB ten years ago. Commie MFs
Don't have time for Facebook...
if i ever get to America from Australia i would love to visit this old girl. nothing looks as menacing as a dreadnought. great work guys
It's going to be a great and terror filled day when the Big T gets underway. Hopefully it will be successful and very well documented.
Where is the Mighty T going to? Where will she call home after drydock?
We’ll be going to Gulf Copper Shipyards in Galveston for repairs and we are currently in negotiations for a future home port.
@@BattleshipTexas : I hope that it’s going to be Corpus Christi next to the Lexington. There people can see two ships that fought in the Pacific almost side by side.
@@jameshanlon5689 My understanding is CC is out of the running, and the remaining candidates are in the Houston/Galveston area.
@@5thGenNativeTexan: Well I understand. It would have been nice though.
@@5thGenNativeTexan Is there a deep-enough berthing near the Stewart that Texas could go?
Awesome work! Thanks for doing everything you can to keep from dragging her through the mud. 👍🏻
Long term why not pull the ship out of the water? In Yokosuka, Japan, next to the Navel base, there is an older Japanese battle ship resting on concrete. A rather clever idea as water corrosion is no longer a problem.
Outstanding shipmate. Press on. USS Kitty Hawk CV-63. Jan 1980 to July 1983. Sailor for life.
Glad so much has been happening lately, keep up the awesome work!
It was a blast seeing the ship! Glad I was able to see it
lol at that shell sitting in that drink koozie. great to hear an update. will you still be needing volunteers once the ship is in drydock?
We’re always looking for volunteers! Feel free to apply and we’ll get ya squared away asap!
Glad to see the Texas is getting quite a bit of work done on her. She's going strong nearly 110 years and I look forward to seeing her continue on for decades to come.
congratulations on the progress. to go along with the last time it being in it's current place, keep in mind, the Battleship Texas will leave port one more time. :)
That was a wonderful site seeing that parking lot full and the cars parked on both sides of the street as far as you could see.
Really looking forward to seeing the move
Screw Facebook
Have wanted to go aboard and check out the ship but sadly that may never happen. Was down in Texas back in the late 80's for fire school at A&M. Our group took a day trip down to Galveston and stumbled upon the ship and wanted to see her. Sadly they were just closing for the day so we missed it. The next year another group of us made the trip down again but this time made plans to stop and see the ship first on our trip. Sadly she was gone and not there. That was the last time I was there and sadly doubt I will make it back down there again. Hope everything goes well for her and her new home is a good place for all that can make it there to see her.
I’ve visited the USS Wisconsin and the Texas. The Texas was way more open from machinery rooms to the bridge. It is very much a National treasure. If we can give Ukraine 40 billion we can absolutely give this ship 10 million for upkeep.
As a kid (1960s'), I lived in Galveston, Tx. in the summertime, due to my real father living there. My father was a world-class Tool & Die Maker. Richard Cobb. Dad had an Apartment near the American National building. The place we lived in is still there. The red building at the corner of Postoffice St. & 20th St., on the second floor, on the corner, overlooking, Postoffice & 20th. The spring that I came down just after my 17th birthday, he handed me my Tool & Die Journeymen's Card. And become another world-class Tool & Die, Maker.
I love Galveston! I hated Illinois! Where I am still today, and still hating it here!
After being married, I really tried hard to move back to Galveston in the early 80s'. I worked for VANSKIKE SECURITY, INC. and a gun shop called GUNSMOKE. But it wasn't enough for my wife and I couldn't really blame her after coming from working for JOHN DEER HARVESTER. But I loved Harry and Nancy Vanskike, even though Harry was a first-class prick, who once took me out to a Wanch Barge, in the middle of the Gulf, and left me there for 10 &1/2 days and 11 nights.
So I digress... I still count Texas as my true home. Because I love Galveston so much.
At this point, my life is going through some major changes. My wife of over 45 years won't make another one, and I've been battling bladder cancer for 5 years. But her cancer is on a whole nother level. And lately, I may, or may not, have other issues. At 65, who knows.
But if I remain in reasonably good shape after I lose my wife, I'd love to come down there to Galveston, my real home, and help work on the TEXAS. My real name is Michael G. Dawson (Cobb at birth). 309-203-6332
Come on Texas!
Thank all of you looking after her so well.
Pissing off the people that support you,,,,WAY TO GO Mr Vice President....Why can't us locals come see her off???????????
I was born in Houston, TX in 1955. I joined the NAVY, in Richardson, TX, in 1975.
(I am new to this, haven't been following) Pumps and foam--have they done anything to fix the hull? Or is that awaiting the drydock? Just want to know.
After you have that 40mm Bofors fully restored I have a suggestion. First of all watch the Spielberg film " 1941 ".
Next when you are doing tours of the ship and you are standing on the 40 mm mount about to explain it have a
person in the audience call out........
Civilian: Hey, isn't that thing dangerous? Can it just go off?
Curator: The 40mm Bofors gun is perfectly safe as long as you never do this....
Do NOT pull the hand operating lever to the rear.
Do NOT drop a clip of ammunition into the feed rollers.
Do NOT return the hand operating lever to firing position.
Do Not make sure the cover is completely closed.
Never operate the foot triggers,
Can we please have an August update?
You're doing a great job!
My dad worked on fixing up the Texas back in the 80s at Todd's shipyard. The company that will start working on the Texas in the next couple months is at the same site as Todd's shipyards that went out of business some time ago.
Wow! Not even the curator the Battleship USS New Jersey has 5" round in a Coozy on his desk.
Where is she being moved to for her final resting place? I was able to visit her when I was very young. I was hoping to get to visit her again some day.
Can’t say the number of times I’ve been on this ship but I know every time was very exciting. For some reason I have an obsession with this battleship
@RickeyMouse, there is such an appeal to battleships.
I have visited three.
USS North Carolina (BB-55) North Carolina class
USS Massachusetts (BB-59) South Dakota class
USS Wisconsin (BB-64) Iowa class
I have yet to visit USS Texas (BB-35) New York class
@@MaxCruise73 That’s awesome man! I hope to one day visit those as well. Of all the times I’ve visited USSTexas, I haven’t been able to explore the whole thing due to repairs needed. I once went as low as we could and they had a opened hatch with a ladder but surrounded with wire so that we couldn’t go through but I looked down the hatch and seemed like a looong way down. Hopefully with the new repairs we’ll finally be able to go through the whole thing !
@@rickeymouse9992 I have photos of the steering compartment with all the hydraulics to turn the rudder on North Carolina. Most of the ship is open to the public.
My obsession is with seeing as many museum ships as I can. They're all awesome to go on. I try to do them in fall and winter; I can't stand the summer heat in the non-air conditioned parts of the interiors any more than when I was active duty on the Lexington. Much of that ship was still not air-conditioned back then, and during the shipyard overhauls in Philly and Mobile, no power means no air! I had the temporary duty as Q.A specialist for catapults in Mobile, and that meant I had to crawl up inside the cat tracks underneath the flight deck on summer scorchers to inspect the work that had been done. That's the hottest I've ever been in my life; it beat weeding my father's garden summer days in Alabama or calisthenics on the Grinder at Orlando boot camp in July. I lost pounds crawling up in there and back. Found photos and soda cans etc from the 1960s. Left 'em there, too. That's my sea story for the day. Check back tomorrow for another thrilling episode of 'As the Tailhook Turns'.
@@jerrydiver1 I have also toured four submarines including the Type IXC U-505 and the USS Nautilus (SSN-571).
A trip to Boston allowed me to tour USS Constitution and USS Cassin Young (DD-793).
No tours of the aircraft carriers (yet).
Could we see a print of the block build for the dry dock? I’ve put 6 submarines and a Nimitz class in dry dock at NNSY. I can’t think of a more interesting block build in the last 25 years due to Texas’ corrosion.
I have so many memories of being on this ship, please do yalls best so I can bring my daughter someday.
I have heard that everyone is worried about the condition of the hull of the Texas as she is scheduled to be towed to the dock, wouldn't it be better to take the Dock to her instead. Is the draft of the dry-dock too deep to take it up the ship channel to her?
Facebook / Meta are a strange company to deal with. Poor customer service from them.
Facebook sucks they shut my Facebook down because I reported I was being blacked mail by a conn
Sent here courtesy of Ryan Symaski at Battleship New Jersey....
Texas has already celebrated her 100th anniversary, and here's hoping that with these restoration measures that she'll still be around for the 200th and beyond. As the last surviving dreadnought and such an iconic historical ship she needs to be saved and preserved for the future.
an interesting thing id like to know is when they repair Texas will they paint a camouflage on it that it used in the war or refurbish the one it has now instead of leaving it a steel grey color?
I bought a piece of the deck of the Battleship New Jersey to help pay for her new deck. I love owning a small piece of history. Thank you for all you do
We have a couple different options for owning your very own piece of TEXAS here!: battleshiptexas.org/donate/
@@miertschin7547 Thank you.
Live drone coverage would be great. Can that be arranged ?
Will it be on the internet ? When is the date for the move ?
You are a Battleship, a machine of war. That's way Facebook is taking you down.
How many people do you know who have a 5" round paper weight on their desk?
That ship is going to be packed at its new location. Especially during the first year.
Forgive my naivety, but where is she moving too? I thought she headed to drydock for much needed maintenance and refitting and then would move back to San Jacinto?
@@jakerocinante1133 The new location has yet to be determined. They cannot return the ship to the previous location because not enough people visit it. It’s going to be on display in a more populated area where the ticket sales can help with the maintenance.
@@jakerocinante1133 An article in the Texas Standard dated Sept 2021 Says there are three locations who have bod for the ship to be docked. Copy and paste from the article follows. My money is on Galveston.
Baytown, a small industrial community east of Houston; Beaumont, which is only in the early stages of formulating a proposal for the ship; and Galveston, which has two locations under consideration.
@@chrisb9960 Thanks, I remember hearing that the site was not easy to get too but even without the USS Texas I’ll still visit the battlefield. Hope wherever she moves too gets a lot of tourist, visited Corpus Christi and when I saw the Lexington I had to go, still have ball cap I bought.
@@jakerocinante1133 Unfortunately I don’t have the privilege of living in Texas. I’m hoping to visit after the ship arrives at its new location.
WHY ARE THE PEOPLE NOT BEING ALLOWED TO WATCH THE USS TEXAS MOVE OUT OF HER SLIP???😱
Where will the TEXAS end up going to it will still be in Texas?
I did a lot of work for us navy if they can pull this off my Texas hat is off too them
Why do you spend preservation monies replacing gears that are never going to be in action again? The gear was probably worn out from heavy use and not from just sitting on the bridge deck right? Wouldn't the monies be put to better use saving the Texas from sinking?
Good question. The gears were damaged because the mounts just sat, because their bearings had froze. The gears and mounts will turn again -which is while we are replacing them. Most of the materials we are getting is from in kind donations or greatly discounted. We have $35million for the hull, the few thousand dollars saved by not replacing gears will be but drop in the sea.
We are standing up volunteer “gun crews” to perform preventative maintenance on these guns, so they don’t ever get in this state again.