BB-35 Texas

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: New York, [BB].

Builder: Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.

Launch date: 18 May 1912.

Commission date: 12 March 1914.

Decommission date: 21 April 1948.

Displacement ( tons ): 1912: 27.433 tm standard, 28.822 tm at full load; 1926: 33.000 tm at full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 175 x 1912: 29; 1926: 32,31 x 1912: 9,02; 1926: 9,6

Main machinery: 2 x steam engines, 1912: 14 x Babcock & Wilcox coal boilers ( 28.100 hp ), 1926: 6 x Bureau Express oil boilers, 2 x propellers.

Speed ( knots ): 1912: 21; 1926: 19,72.

Range ( miles ): 1912: 7.060 at 10 knots; 1926: 17.722 at 10 knots.

Complement: 1912: 1.042; 1945: 1.810.

Guns: 1912: 10 x 356mm/45, 21 x 127mm/51, 4 x 47mm/40, 2 x 37mm; 1926: 10 x 356mm/45, 16 x 127mm/51, 8 x 76mm/50mm, 2 x quadruple 28mm/75; 1942: 10 x 356mm/45, 6 x 127mm/51, 10 x 76mm/50mm, 14 x 20mm; 1945: 10 x 356mm/45, 6 x 127mm/51, 10 x 76mm/50mm, 10 x quadruple 40mm, 44 x 20mm.

Torpedoes: 1912: 4 x fixed underwater 533mm tubes; 1926: torpedo tubes removed.

Military lift: 1912: 2.900tm coal; 1926: 5.300tm oil.

Radar: Air Search: 1 x SK; Surface Search: 2 x SG; Fire Control: 2 x Mk3, 2 x Mk10.

Aviation: 1926: 3 x floatplanes; 1945: 2 x OS2U Kingfisher.

Callsign: NADV ()

Comment: Nowadays a U.S. Historic Landmark, located at the San Jacinto Battlegound Historic Site near Houston, Texas.

Awards (as of 21/04/1948):