Blow your horns and clap your thunder, a Hero passes before you! Stand you silent until she returns your salute. Is that tons and tons of old steel and rust, of old memories and Spirits who roam your decks still, or is that uncommon Valor itself, moving slowly on the tide? Old ship, old Monster, old Hero, your people remember you as our Pride in times of trouble and our Sword against powerful enemies. Sail on, sail on mighty Texas, a new day awaits you. And then, rest you in Peace and dreams within our loving arms.
110 years old and still standing tall and proud. Old fashioned sailors believe their ships have souls. She takes a small bit of our souls when we serve in her, but in return she freely gives us a bit of hers. This grand old Lady isn't done, not by a long shot. With periodic care she should still be around 100 years from now. When WWII started for the US, many ships of her generation had already gone to the scrappers. Instead, Texas got into the middle of the fight. A lot of young soldiers survived the Normandy landings because her Skipper took her in closer to the beach than any other battleship and even many destroyers came, unloading her magazines through the muzzles and returning to England twice to refill those magazines and get back into the fight, winning her duels with German shore batteries, suffering the only gun hits of her long career. I think only Battleship Arkansas (BB 33) was older. From there she participated in the landings on the south coast of France before returning to the US to replace her now worn-out main gun barrels before heading to the Pacific where she supported the Iwo Jima and Okinawa invasions.
@@robertf3479 There is the story of the old War Horse, brave and skilled in battle, always in the fight but, when she had gotten too old, retired from the field. Content to rest and heal, for a while, yet, with the sound of the trumpets and the pounding of the drum, she stirs again, bites at her bit and kicks her stall, ready to go, again, into the maelstrom, once again to prove her worth and make her war. That would be USS Texas.
It was truly a sight to see Texas moving. Definitely a lot bigger when other boats are around. And to think this isn't even the largest class of battleship lol.
@@UltramarineXIII13 I saw another video when she was in dry dock where an engineer was talking about the repairs and stuff, safe to say they’ve got both paper and digital blueprints, as well as scans. They inspected everything and fixed what needed fixing to make it last a long time to come! They even had to fix repairs from the 80’s that weren’t done the best way
@@jay_dave8722 Dreadnoughts, named after the original, HMS Dreadnought (launched 1906) are capital fleet units that have all of their main armament in one single calibre. For example, USS Texas' main armament is in 10 x 14" guns. Pre-Dreadnoughts typically have their main armament consisting of four heavy guns mounted in two centreline turrets, with a large secondary battery, usually of 6" quick-firing guns, with later classes also mounting an intermediate battery of guns that ranged from 8" to 10" guns, frewuently mounted in wing turrets running along the sides of the ship. IJN Mikasa is an excellent example of a pre-Dreadnought.
Mind blowing, Texas was almost scrapped after only 6yrs... Only to become a beast of a legend. 100+ years old 🤯🤯🇺🇸. A bucket list, to see Texas when done.
I'm so glad the US has managed to preserve so many of their old ships for later generations to learn about. There's so much history in them, they make perfect living museums. It's unfortunate that the UK couldn't preserve hardly anything after WW2, but they needed the materials for rebuilding.
I would have loved to have visited HMS Warspite as a museum ship. The fact she was sent to the scrappers is probably one of the saddest things to befall the UK's naval heritage in my mind.
My grandfather went ashore at Normandy while Texas was on bombardment duty during WWII. I can't say for sure if anything the old gal did kept him safe at that time, but I feel like I owe her something all the same.
The Texas will always have a special place in my heart. She was the first Battleship I ever visited in first grade in the early 2000s. I learned her history and I truly wish I could go back in time and serve abroad her. But on that the 31st of August 2022 the spirits of her crews who have returned home once again manned the rails as she headed to Dry Dock Hooyah Texas
That’s such a special sight to see. Visited during my time in the scouts and in 2017. It’s like going back in time seeing her under way, thanks for the share!
I use to play on the Texas when I was a kid. Back then you could go just about anywhere on the ship. Us Kids had a great time with the anti aircraft machine guns on deck back in the 50's
Stand silent all of you. Stand in reverence and awe for what passes before you, for a mighty piece of history passes before you. A true symbol of American naval power. A mighty Battleship, the last remaining Dreadnought, USS Texas. She has helped write history with her guns and her crew. Give salute and hear her voice, as well as the voices of the many who served on her. She's going to drydock to repairs done.
I WAS THERE! Can't see me in the video, but I'm down on the rocks behind some of the folks shown here. Once in a lifetime sight (although hopefully not as I plan to go watch NJ move when she does, eventually).
Love seeing the Texas doing well! We have a WWII sub called the Batfish near me in Oklahoma that is still afloat, when we had that bad flooding a few years back she floated right up out of her pond and almost made it back to the river! (It’s in Muskogee, but further up the river at the Port of Catoosa is the farthest inland seaport in the world!)
The NC, Ma, & Al have already been brought up to their 1947 condition. After TEXAS’ drydocking, 4 IOWA’s will be able to be quickly brought back on line. The NC, MA, & AL will be able to follow within a year. The TX could follow within 1-2 years of being recalled, if needed.
Hi, inside near the keel and elsewhere below the framework has taken heavy rusting. That damaged framework must be replaced before engines could be run. If they were able to be restarted. Without the replaced framework the engines could just fall through the decks. Wouldn't want that to happen. U.S.S. Texas has been rusting virtually unmanned longer than her actual tour of duty. " Rust Never Sleeps ". Anyways, to keep her afloat without the major emergency issues she bis currently having She should be drydocked again in 2042.
@@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710 It is something that really needs to be addressed, she really should be operational as it would make a lot more sense for the people of Texas. If she were made operational again she could be easily moved under her own power up and down the Texas coast for all to see and enjoy at every port.
They're all obsolete museum ships, and none of them will ever be brought back on line. Much less Texas, with her reciprocating engines. Their only value is as tourist attractions.
These museum ships will never see active service again, and will never sail under their own power. Frankly speaking, We don't have the tooling or manufacturing knowledge to bring them back. We have literally lost the tribal knowledge of those who sailed on them. Retrofitting them to modern standards would cost too much, and take too long. It is far easier and cheaper to build a lighter, faster, smaller modern ship that can pack far more damage with greater range and longevity at sea. Part of the arrangements made with the government upon taking over curatorship is that the ships never make steam, which means anything more than a static display is out. The USS New Jersey Museum channel has all manner of info on what they can and cannot do, as well as a laundry list of reasons why these ships will never be brought back online. These ships have EARNED their retirement. let them rest in dignity.
More exactly, Mikasa was ordered by the Japanese Imperial Navy. While she is still with us, one of her Battle of Tsushima antagonists - the protected cruiser Aurora - is also preserved in the other side of the world, in St Petersburg. All of these three - Mikasa, Aurora and Texas - are the last examples of their type. But I'm afraid the war in Ukraine will have dire consequences, as sh!tputin is drawing all money for a futile, unprovoked war just to serve his own blackened caprices...
That's an awesome sight just think about the thoughts of the Germans along with the Texas the other great battleships as they hurled Their missiles at you just a awesome display of American might God bless Texas God bless America and the men who served aboard this ship to preserve our freedoms
Ah this also makes me sad because we Italians have got rid of all our battleships after ww2. Littorio-class was one of the best BBs around for the whole length of the war. Record of the longest shoot in sight of the history of Battleships into a naval engagement. 21 km.
U.S.S Texas BB-35 is the last of her kind and is over 110 years old. I hope we are able to restore to the best of our ability, have a safe place to permanently drydock her as a museum ship, and continue to preserve, maintain, and restore her for generations to come.
Posted this on another comment as well, but my grandfather went ashore at Normandy while Texas was on bombardment duty during WWII. I can't say for sure if anything the old gal did kept him safe at that time, but I feel like I owe her something all the same. So from an Army grandson to a Navy great-grandchild, definitely appreciate your someone from your family being there.
to another century, and many more after this one, for Texas, and for every ship preserved as a museum, that we may marvel at the feats of engineering undertaken to build and maintain them, and that we may remember the bad parts of history that make it so their names are etched in stone.
Great Video. We have a history of confrontation, and when we see an American battleship, we have some thoughts, but now Japan and the United States are friendly nations. Looking back at the history of the past, it was Admiral Perry's home country, the United States, that created the opportunity to open Japan from isolation. The fathers of the Imperial Japanese Navy were England and the United States, and Babe Ruth also came to Japan and contributed to the rooting of baseball. The father of the Japanese army was France and Germany. As a result, the relationship between the Army and the Navy was strained. The Imperial Japanese Navy, which knew the United States well, was reluctant to go to war with the United States and was reluctant to go to war. The Japanese Army, whose main battlefield is mainland China, has a history of wanting to participate in the war in support of Germany. The Japanese Navy's only remaining warship is the Mikasa, the battleship of Admiral Togo, who destroyed the Baltic Fleet in the Russo-Japanese War. World War II was an unfortunate event, but the times before it Japan was a country that longed for the modernization of America. Sorry for the long sentence. There is no doubt that the appearance of a battleship is great regardless of whether it is an enemy or an ally.
You got a great seat for the viewing! I was at the Fred Hartman bridge. Wanted to go where you were next, but I heard they shut the road down to any more traffic going in.
The most gangster of the super dreadnoughts. They literally gangster leaned the ship by flooding several port side compartments just so they could continue engaging germans who were fleeing from Normandy after the army pushed the germans out of the normal maximum range of the main guns. To quote TheFatElectrician: "I've sunk my own battleship, prepare to die!"
Lol, I have the Texas in World of Warships. It's old and slow but if you aim correctly that BB can destroy everything. Better than that of the same old style design there's just the New Mexico. Love it. It's literally a mastiff, once it bite something she will never release the prey until she kill it.
IMMORTALIZED OVER TIME THE LEGEND WILL RISE AND THEIR FOES CAN'T BELIEVE THEIR EYES BELIEVE THEIR SIZE AS THEY FALL AND THE DREADNOUGHTS DREAD NOTHING AT ALL!
What is special is that she is going to dry dock to fix all of the holes in her so she doesn’t have to be pumped out of water to prevent her from sinking and doing all major repairs to her main guns and engines.
She's been closed to visitors for some time other than some brief openings earlier this year. It was the first time that any battleship has been seen moving through the water in 30 years. The main guns will only be cleaned and painted. The smaller guns are all being restored. The engines will not be repaired because they can never be run per the US Navy.
Yes, she is the last survivor of that era. All of the battleships built by any nation from the time HMS Dreadnought was launched until Texas was commissioned are gone now, either scrapped or sunk. Of all the battleships built after her ('Superdreadnoughts) there are no survivors until you reach BB-55 North Carolina, all of the American 'Standard Type' from BB-36 Nevada through BB-48 West Virginia (BB-47 launched but never completed) were either scrapped or sunk as targets after WWII with the rest from BB-49 through BB-54 cancelled before construction began.
No, only the ends of the barrels are welded shut, no concrete. And concrete is really bad for battleships like Texas, it causes alot more corrosion than salt water would.
Blow your horns and clap your thunder, a Hero passes before you! Stand you silent until she returns your salute. Is that tons and tons of old steel and rust, of old memories and Spirits who roam your decks still, or is that uncommon Valor itself, moving slowly on the tide? Old ship, old Monster, old Hero, your people remember you as our Pride in times of trouble and our Sword against powerful enemies. Sail on, sail on mighty Texas, a new day awaits you. And then, rest you in Peace and dreams within our loving arms.
I love you!!
110 years old and still standing tall and proud. Old fashioned sailors believe their ships have souls. She takes a small bit of our souls when we serve in her, but in return she freely gives us a bit of hers. This grand old Lady isn't done, not by a long shot. With periodic care she should still be around 100 years from now.
When WWII started for the US, many ships of her generation had already gone to the scrappers. Instead, Texas got into the middle of the fight. A lot of young soldiers survived the Normandy landings because her Skipper took her in closer to the beach than any other battleship and even many destroyers came, unloading her magazines through the muzzles and returning to England twice to refill those magazines and get back into the fight, winning her duels with German shore batteries, suffering the only gun hits of her long career. I think only Battleship Arkansas (BB 33) was older.
From there she participated in the landings on the south coast of France before returning to the US to replace her now worn-out main gun barrels before heading to the Pacific where she supported the Iwo Jima and Okinawa invasions.
@@robertf3479 There is the story of the old War Horse, brave and skilled in battle, always in the fight but, when she had gotten too old, retired from the field. Content to rest and heal, for a while, yet, with the sound of the trumpets and the pounding of the drum, she stirs again, bites at her bit and kicks her stall, ready to go, again, into the maelstrom, once again to prove her worth and make her war. That would be USS Texas.
That was beautiful.
It reminded me how much I wish Warspite were still with us.
I read that as Willem Dafoe's character in the Lighthouse. HARK, TRITON!
It was truly a sight to see Texas moving. Definitely a lot bigger when other boats are around. And to think this isn't even the largest class of battleship lol.
she the largest of her class for her era tho n also last of herr kind
@@GreatFreedom The last dreadnought
They better digitize those blueprints for her so they can maintain her properly in the future.
@@UltramarineXIII13 I saw another video when she was in dry dock where an engineer was talking about the repairs and stuff, safe to say they’ve got both paper and digital blueprints, as well as scans. They inspected everything and fixed what needed fixing to make it last a long time to come! They even had to fix repairs from the 80’s that weren’t done the best way
She's big but in ww2 she nearly sank when she was in a engagement with some light cruisers but she had some air support from the uss midway
The Last of the Dreadnoughts, and the last of the capital ships that served in the Grand Fleet in WW1.
not really, Mikasa who is a japanese dreadnought is still alive, albeit turned into a museum.
@@faridabboud5757 Incorrect. Mikasa is a pre-dreadnought battleship: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Mikasa
@@russelmurphy4868
Just curious, what's the difference between a dreadnought and pre-dreadnought?
@@jay_dave8722 Dreadnoughts, named after the original, HMS Dreadnought (launched 1906) are capital fleet units that have all of their main armament in one single calibre. For example, USS Texas' main armament is in 10 x 14" guns. Pre-Dreadnoughts typically have their main armament consisting of four heavy guns mounted in two centreline turrets, with a large secondary battery, usually of 6" quick-firing guns, with later classes also mounting an intermediate battery of guns that ranged from 8" to 10" guns, frewuently mounted in wing turrets running along the sides of the ship. IJN Mikasa is an excellent example of a pre-Dreadnought.
Wasn't the "Grand Fleet" British ?
I’m really happy the Texas is getting the love she deserves.🇺🇸👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
That horn sounded at the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet at the close of WW1.
That silhouette is something to be cherished 🇬🇧
The last of an ancient breed 🇺🇸
Yeah, you don't see that anymore!
But the fact that she will never see military service *ever again :( at least she’s had a good life eh*
@@ZeroScotland she's earned her retirement
Mind blowing, Texas was almost scrapped after only 6yrs... Only to become a beast of a legend. 100+ years old 🤯🤯🇺🇸. A bucket list, to see Texas when done.
Will still be here in 2122!
Well preserved for posterity!
Go NAVY!
J.C.
I'm so glad the US has managed to preserve so many of their old ships for later generations to learn about. There's so much history in them, they make perfect living museums. It's unfortunate that the UK couldn't preserve hardly anything after WW2, but they needed the materials for rebuilding.
I would have loved to have visited HMS Warspite as a museum ship. The fact she was sent to the scrappers is probably one of the saddest things to befall the UK's naval heritage in my mind.
@@RPGTKingpin by that point warspite was in terrible shape and would have been worth preserving
yea they do-ive been to visit the south dakota class USS Massachusetts and damn she is a fine ship to be aboard
@@torvamessor3059 I went to LST 325 a couple days ago and it was INCREDIBLE!
The only museum ship I saw while in London was the HMS Belfast
More than 100 years old. And still afloat. Freakin' amazing. !
My step grandfather served on her as a cook at the start of WW I.
Would have love to hear some of the stories of the sites he has seen.
my uncle was a pharmacists mate on the Texas ion WW1
My grandfather went ashore at Normandy while Texas was on bombardment duty during WWII. I can't say for sure if anything the old gal did kept him safe at that time, but I feel like I owe her something all the same.
Fantastic sight. imagine seeing 20 plus of these Dreadnoughts in a battle line at the Jutland.
That's my big girl, she's as beautiful as the day her keel was laid down
The Texas will always have a special place in my heart. She was the first Battleship I ever visited in first grade in the early 2000s. I learned her history and I truly wish I could go back in time and serve abroad her.
But on that the 31st of August 2022 the spirits of her crews who have returned home once again manned the rails as she headed to Dry Dock
Hooyah Texas
7:08
thanks
Ty
The real MVP right here.
That's her saying I'm not done yet nor my crew. God bless our battleship Texas and the folks who served upon her!!!!
That’s such a special sight to see. Visited during my time in the scouts and in 2017. It’s like going back in time seeing her under way, thanks for the share!
Even though she is an old design, it is a still an impressive and imposing ship.
I use to play on the Texas when I was a kid. Back then you could go just about anywhere on the ship. Us Kids had a great time with the anti aircraft machine guns on deck back in the 50's
Stand silent all of you. Stand in reverence and awe for what passes before you, for a mighty piece of history passes before you. A true symbol of American naval power. A mighty Battleship, the last remaining Dreadnought, USS Texas. She has helped write history with her guns and her crew. Give salute and hear her voice, as well as the voices of the many who served on her. She's going to drydock to repairs done.
She carries so much history. Thanks for sharing this great moment. Like many other I cant wait to see TEXAS when she's all cleaned up.
That’s one salty Battleship🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Been in two Wars and still standing👍
We salute you!
Enjoyed going to the Texas when I was younger actually got to go this year when they opened it for the weekend before she was moved for dry dock
It’s truly amazing to hear her voice
Really enjoyed your subdued reverent comments as she passed by…many thanks for the post. God Bless Texas! Both the State and the Grand Old Ship!
I WAS THERE! Can't see me in the video, but I'm down on the rocks behind some of the folks shown here. Once in a lifetime sight (although hopefully not as I plan to go watch NJ move when she does, eventually).
Even though this ship belongs to a different country than the one i live in I still have respect for this 110 year old king
That's one thing North Carolina and Texas have in common. We love our BATTLESHIPS!
Not everyday you hear such an amazing thing, the last big gun battleship of the First World War
She is still absolutely beautiful after 100+ years
A sight not seen often a battleship at sea
Well, er..., U.S.S. Texas is the fastest Battleship in the World this day August 31, 2022.
@@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710 Haha good one lol
So gorgeous to see such a relic in motion ♥️
Thank you for the upload, Ralph. Let me get some 1080p next time brother. 😎
God Bless _Texas_ and all who sailed upon her.
Will try next time. I just threw this together the last moment.
Man i love that ship! I remember all the times ive gotten to visitbit and go on board
Love seeing the Texas doing well! We have a WWII sub called the Batfish near me in Oklahoma that is still afloat, when we had that bad flooding a few years back she floated right up out of her pond and almost made it back to the river! (It’s in Muskogee, but further up the river at the Port of Catoosa is the farthest inland seaport in the world!)
She sounds great!
God bless her and those who sailed her.
What a magnificent sight.
That's a huge freedom geting salute
All hail the Queen of the Dreadnaughts!
LOOK at it , That is a SHIP , better than the tin cans they make now . New Jersey , Mighty MO . Bring them all back
The NC, Ma, & Al have already been brought up to their 1947 condition. After TEXAS’ drydocking, 4 IOWA’s will be able to be quickly brought back on line. The NC, MA, & AL will be able to follow within a year. The TX could follow within 1-2 years of being recalled, if needed.
Hi, inside near the keel and elsewhere below the framework has taken heavy rusting. That damaged framework must be replaced before engines could be run. If they were able to be restarted. Without the replaced framework the engines could just fall through the decks. Wouldn't want that to happen. U.S.S. Texas has been rusting virtually unmanned longer than her actual tour of duty. " Rust Never Sleeps ". Anyways, to keep her afloat without the major emergency issues she bis currently having She should be drydocked again in 2042.
@@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710 It is something that really needs to be addressed, she really should be operational as it would make a lot more sense for the people of Texas. If she were made operational again she could be easily moved under her own power up and down the Texas coast for all to see and enjoy at every port.
They're all obsolete museum ships, and none of them will ever be brought back on line. Much less Texas, with her reciprocating engines. Their only value is as tourist attractions.
These museum ships will never see active service again, and will never sail under their own power.
Frankly speaking, We don't have the tooling or manufacturing knowledge to bring them back. We have literally lost the tribal knowledge of those who sailed on them.
Retrofitting them to modern standards would cost too much, and take too long. It is far easier and cheaper to build a lighter, faster, smaller modern ship that can pack far more damage with greater range and longevity at sea.
Part of the arrangements made with the government upon taking over curatorship is that the ships never make steam, which means anything more than a static display is out.
The USS New Jersey Museum channel has all manner of info on what they can and cannot do, as well as a laundry list of reasons why these ships will never be brought back online.
These ships have EARNED their retirement. let them rest in dignity.
@@joshmcdonald5520 Rotting away in some port is not dignified and relearning "simple" mechanics is not hard to someone mechanically inclined.
Just amazing that is floating down a bay it's so awesome God Bless to you all
This made me tear up
What a magnificent beauty! Still looks scary as hell.
One very proud lady!
Fun fact: ijn Mikasa, the BB in Yokosuka, was build in Great Britain in 1890 then bought by Japan and participated in Russo-Japanese war
Not just that, Mikasa was flagship at the Battle of Tsushima, and is the last Battleship of her type in existence.
More exactly, Mikasa was ordered by the Japanese Imperial Navy.
While she is still with us, one of her Battle of Tsushima antagonists - the protected cruiser Aurora - is also preserved in the other side of the world, in St Petersburg.
All of these three - Mikasa, Aurora and Texas - are the last examples of their type.
But I'm afraid the war in Ukraine will have dire consequences, as sh!tputin is drawing all money for a futile, unprovoked war just to serve his own blackened caprices...
That's an awesome sight just think about the thoughts of the Germans along with the Texas the other great battleships as they hurled Their missiles at you just a awesome display of American might God bless Texas God bless America and the men who served aboard this ship to preserve our freedoms
Ah this also makes me sad because we Italians have got rid of all our battleships after ww2. Littorio-class was one of the best BBs around for the whole length of the war. Record of the longest shoot in sight of the history of Battleships into a naval engagement. 21 km.
So this is the famous Ganster lean boat huh, nice
U.S.S Texas BB-35 is the last of her kind and is over 110 years old. I hope we are able to restore to the best of our ability, have a safe place to permanently drydock her as a museum ship, and continue to preserve, maintain, and restore her for generations to come.
Thank you for this. My great grandfather was the c.o on her for a brief time during the invasion of Normandy , This brought chills
Posted this on another comment as well, but my grandfather went ashore at Normandy while Texas was on bombardment duty during WWII. I can't say for sure if anything the old gal did kept him safe at that time, but I feel like I owe her something all the same. So from an Army grandson to a Navy great-grandchild, definitely appreciate your someone from your family being there.
@@jordanpeterson5140 good bless them both. This was my great grandfather en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_M._Cabanillas
to another century, and many more after this one, for Texas, and for every ship preserved as a museum, that we may marvel at the feats of engineering undertaken to build and maintain them, and that we may remember the bad parts of history that make it so their names are etched in stone.
i once water skied behind the texas
Great Video.
We have a history of confrontation, and when we see an American battleship, we have some thoughts, but now Japan and the United States are friendly nations. Looking back at the history of the past, it was Admiral Perry's home country, the United States, that created the opportunity to open Japan from isolation. The fathers of the Imperial Japanese Navy were England and the United States, and Babe Ruth also came to Japan and contributed to the rooting of baseball. The father of the Japanese army was France and Germany. As a result, the relationship between the Army and the Navy was strained. The Imperial Japanese Navy, which knew the United States well, was reluctant to go to war with the United States and was reluctant to go to war. The Japanese Army, whose main battlefield is mainland China, has a history of wanting to participate in the war in support of Germany.
The Japanese Navy's only remaining warship is the Mikasa, the battleship of Admiral Togo, who destroyed the Baltic Fleet in the Russo-Japanese War.
World War II was an unfortunate event, but the times before it
Japan was a country that longed for the modernization of America.
Sorry for the long sentence. There is no doubt that the appearance of a battleship is great regardless of whether it is an enemy or an ally.
a sight to behold!
You got a great seat for the viewing! I was at the Fred Hartman bridge. Wanted to go where you were next, but I heard they shut the road down to any more traffic going in.
Yes it was packed but they let me in because I was on a motorcycle.
LETS GO TEXAS!!!!
Absolutely awesome!
My dad was stationed on the USS Texas before WWII. He said it was old then.
I would have got the chills, also!
The sad thing is I don't see any young children there! They can get out of school to protest but not to see this one in a lifetime hero!! Too bad!
I have stood in the shell craters that she created at Normandy.
We were vacationing on the Guadalupe River. I would have been there..........
That's a good river.
I love you TEXAS
Hell yeah, God bless the U.S. Navy 🇺🇸
That horn sounds so good
They moving her to dry dock?
For of repairs yes
I love it.
I tried to get there but i got a late start. By the time i got to morgans point it was packed.
Amazing!
I love battles ships and my dad is building a bunch
The last of the Dreadnoughts
The First of the Dreadnoughts!!!
Hi, lately I've been told that U.S.S. Texas is a Super Dreadnought of which she is the last.
@@living2ndchildhood347 No, the HMS Dreadnaught was the first. The entire class of "install as many guns as possible on a ship" was coined for her.
The most gangster of the super dreadnoughts.
They literally gangster leaned the ship by flooding several port side compartments just so they could continue engaging germans who were fleeing from Normandy after the army pushed the germans out of the normal maximum range of the main guns.
To quote TheFatElectrician: "I've sunk my own battleship, prepare to die!"
@@tonalcrayon1290 Hi, that's not gangster, that is American Ingenuity at its finest.
Lol, I have the Texas in World of Warships. It's old and slow but if you aim correctly that BB can destroy everything. Better than that of the same old style design there's just the New Mexico. Love it. It's literally a mastiff, once it bite something she will never release the prey until she kill it.
... Dear Santa...
Fantastic!
Don't mess with Texas.
UNOPPOSED UNDER CRIMSON SKIES!
IMMORTALIZED OVER TIME THE LEGEND WILL RISE
AND THEIR FOES CAN'T BELIEVE THEIR EYES
BELIEVE THEIR SIZE AS THEY FALL
AND THE DREADNOUGHTS DREAD NOTHING AT ALL!
My hero
Had no idea that horn still worked
That's not a horn it's a whistle! (I think)
If you look closely you can see mounted on the front of the smokestack towards the top
World of Warships announcer be like :"We are flooding"
I wish it was under its own power. That's would be a site to see. Spin the guns around.
Not sure what is so special about this since you can visit it and see it anytime you want.
What is special is that she is going to dry dock to fix all of the holes in her so she doesn’t have to be pumped out of water to prevent her from sinking and doing all major repairs to her main guns and engines.
She's been closed to visitors for some time other than some brief openings earlier this year. It was the first time that any battleship has been seen moving through the water in 30 years. The main guns will only be cleaned and painted. The smaller guns are all being restored. The engines will not be repaired because they can never be run per the US Navy.
good job with the video of bb35
we are being reinforced with a dreadnought
Sweet video…Is this Morgan’s Point?
SuperDreadKnot!!
Were you at Morgans Point?
Yep, It was possibly the best spot on the intire route.
Last of the dreadnoughts?
The first of America’s Dreadnoughts!
Hi, lately I've been told that U.S.S. Texas is a Super Dreadnought of which she is the last.
Yes, she is the last survivor of that era. All of the battleships built by any nation from the time HMS Dreadnought was launched until Texas was commissioned are gone now, either scrapped or sunk.
Of all the battleships built after her ('Superdreadnoughts) there are no survivors until you reach BB-55 North Carolina, all of the American 'Standard Type' from BB-36 Nevada through BB-48 West Virginia (BB-47 launched but never completed) were either scrapped or sunk as targets after WWII with the rest from BB-49 through BB-54 cancelled before construction began.
Built the same year the Titanic was built over a 100 years ago.
Texas was launched 4 days after Titanic sunk.
What if IJN Yamato Go through there
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Salute at 7:08
wonder if it’s guns fired, would it sink it?
and if i’m not wrong they filled the barrels with concrete so i don’t think it’s possible
No, only the ends of the barrels are welded shut, no concrete. And concrete is really bad for battleships like Texas, it causes alot more corrosion than salt water would.
@6:48
Is Texas still on duty?
Sold to state in the late 40s. Stricken from the us navy however the sub uss texas is in service
Dude it's not under way, it's being towed. UNDER WAY implies moving under her own power.
Dry fire those guns
Where she going?
To a floating drydock in Galveston for repairs. After that... that's up in the air.
Oh ok