Last time saw BB Texas was in 1995. I was so disappointed at her condition. I hope this restoration will bring her back to her former glory. I know she will never fight again, but she still deserves a beauty makeover.
I toured this beautiful Queen of the Sea back in 2013 when I worked on Galveston Bay for a short time. I am so thankful that Texans have stepped up for this thorough restoration. Amazing experience. Almost unbelievable given how many Dreadnoughts were built.
I'm considering making a consistent donation to the Texas every year, can't afford it right now, but definitely will doing something to help her stay around at least for my life span :)
Tom is amazing. No other museum ship has a guy like Tom that literally makes only technical videos of the deep insides of the ships that are never seen by the public.
Baytown and Beaumont are now both officially out of the running, per the statement release from the Battleship Foundation. Thus, it now appears that she will reside somewhere in the Galveston area.
Amazing! Like many Brits, one of my regrets is that for various reasons we were too short sighted to preserve even ONE of our historic C20th Battleships.Whichever name it is that springs to mind.... - 'Dreadnought', the first all-big-gun-BB which gave her name to the entire type, worldwide. - 'Iron Duke', WW1 flagship of the Grand Fleet at Jutland, the biggest ever clash of these big-gun ships - 'Warspite', which served in both world wars and won more battle honours than any other BB in the process - 'Vanguard', the last BB built for any navy, ...and scores more. ALL went to the breakers, and for prices that weren't much more than small change even at the time. Yet in a way, the state of dilapidation USS Texas has been allowed to get into is no better. Has the US got such a glut of such ships that ANY can be just permitted to rot and risk sinking at their moorings?
USS Texas is maintained by the State of Texas and fundraising, not by our Federal government, so it doesn’t have access to the Monopoly money from Washington
The guys from the Battleship Texas Foundation I enjoyed working side-by-side with them for 4 months to be able to get the USS Texas Battleship to the dry dock
I ran the crew of my guys that put the flotation foam in the USS Texas battleship I'm happy too proud of this because my dad from Alaska was the first Russian aleut to join the Navy in 1942 has machines built for us just
Baytown and Beaumont would be no better than San Jacinto. She needs to stay in Galveston at Sea Wolf Park or go to Corpus and lay beside the Lexington.
Corpus ain't happening unless they are prepared to dredge a shitton...Because the area around Lexington will only fit Lexington...No room for Texas around that, unless you dredge a 40ft deep area for it...thats also a long openwater haul...also 2 big boats close to each other presents its own problems...Texas is best off as the Meusem ship of Galveston, instead of sharing with Lexington down in corpus. And honestly...with Beaumont and Baytown, fuck everyone advocating for either of those cities... Those 2 are cases of Greed and trying to make a tourist attraction over realistically looking at the problem. Texas needs to be AT a tourist attraction, not forced to try to be the main attraction. This was the mistake of San Jacinto Park in the 40s. Galveston is the only option
Both Baytown and Beaumont are now officially out of the running, per the recent statement from the Battleship Foundation. Thus, it now appears she will reside somewhere in the Galveston area. Corpus Christi was taken out of consideration already about a year ago.
The blisters actually also added needed extra buoyancy required for the extra equipment added to her over years of upgrading (anti-aircraft weaponry, radars, increased crew levels, etc). Since she no longer needs to carry large quantities of fuel, stores, etc the re-done blisters will not be extended so far along the lower hull thus making future maintenance much easier and economical but will still give the same appearance above the water line.
Nope it is pronounced San Jacinto like the "Jay" sound in English because we kicked the Mexicans' asses there so the battlefield is pronounced the English way. Same like we say X in Mexico and not H sound for Mexico like in Spanish. Texas is Tejas in Spanish also with a H sound but we use X like in English.
She is exactly what the Pearl Harbor battleships looked like. Oklahoma, Utah, and Arizona look like Texas, not at all like the larger and skinnier 7 other surviving battleships that were built in the 1940s. That she was able to serve in both world wars was incredible and it speaks to how awesome of a battleship she was.
Ships were never designed to be permanently dry docked. Over time, the decks will sag and the hull will bow outward resulting in permanent structural damage. The only worse way to "preserve" a ship is encasing it in concrete.
i have heard a few times about this over the last decade it strikes me more as a get rich scheme for the local civil service (similar to the grand projects announced from time to time :highway , high speed train , revolutionary power plant ect ect)
You would think There could be some way to fix the Rutter Where it’s It’s tugged to be moved The rudder is on 14° not straight and no way to turn it while it’s being tugged that’s a lot of money not to be able to at least fix that and by the way it sister ship USS New York got blew up and it’s sitting in the bottom of Pacific Ocean but yet USS Texas is being preserved I think it’s a terrible tragedy they couldn’t preserve both.
Okay. Big note I have for you is that the permanent dry berthing project was and still is a hugely ill conceived project that I am thankful never got up and running. At the end of the day, ships were never designed to be permanently dry docked. The hull of a ship is designed to spread the load of the ships's weight across the entire surface area of the hull. When a ship is permanently dry docked, the hull will sag over time, leading to irreversible structural damage. The best way to preserve a historical ship is to leave it floating and perform simple preventative maintenance. Just like how the state of California continually paints the Golden Gate Bridge in order to stave off the effects of corrosion, regular preventative maintenance is the key to the long term preservation of a ship. The foundation's goal is to position the USS Texas in a spot where she will attract enough visitors to offset the cost of her annual upkeep and maintenance. If this can be achieved, then the USS Texas will effectively be able to fund it's own preservation.
Just imagine if we put a fraction of the money going to Ukraine into Texas she could have been completely rebuilt to sail under her own power. That would be great. She needs to be in fresh water. Lake Michigan for example. My state 😁
Last time saw BB Texas was in 1995. I was so disappointed at her condition.
I hope this restoration will bring her back to her former glory. I know she will never fight again, but she still deserves a beauty makeover.
I toured this beautiful Queen of the Sea back in 2013 when I worked on Galveston Bay for a short time. I am so thankful that Texans have stepped up for this thorough restoration. Amazing experience. Almost unbelievable given how many Dreadnoughts were built.
Im glad to see they are working to preserve her,shes a national treasure for sure.
I'm considering making a consistent donation to the Texas every year, can't afford it right now, but definitely will doing something to help her stay around at least for my life span :)
It's good to see Texas getting the long-delayed repairs she deserves. May she tell her tale for another century (and more) to come.
Galveston is a great place For her to go. There is plenty of tourist action there, more than at San Jac.
Keep up the great work,
Respect from the UK,
Si vis pacem, para bellum
Tom Scott the older one has some amazing videos of how various systems in Texas work. He crawled all over the ship…strongly recommend checking him out
Tom is amazing. No other museum ship has a guy like Tom that literally makes only technical videos of the deep insides of the ships that are never seen by the public.
Baytown and Beaumont are now both officially out of the running, per the statement release from the Battleship Foundation. Thus, it now appears that she will reside somewhere in the Galveston area.
Amazing! Like many Brits, one of my regrets is that for various reasons we were too short sighted to preserve even ONE of our historic C20th Battleships.Whichever name it is that springs to mind....
- 'Dreadnought', the first all-big-gun-BB which gave her name to the entire type, worldwide.
- 'Iron Duke', WW1 flagship of the Grand Fleet at Jutland, the biggest ever clash of these big-gun ships
- 'Warspite', which served in both world wars and won more battle honours than any other BB in the process
- 'Vanguard', the last BB built for any navy,
...and scores more. ALL went to the breakers, and for prices that weren't much more than small change even at the time.
Yet in a way, the state of dilapidation USS Texas has been allowed to get into is no better. Has the US got such a glut of such ships that ANY can be just permitted to rot and risk sinking at their moorings?
USS Texas is maintained by the State of Texas and fundraising, not by our Federal government, so it doesn’t have access to the Monopoly money from Washington
The guys from the Battleship Texas Foundation I enjoyed working side-by-side with them for 4 months to be able to get the USS Texas Battleship to the dry dock
Long live USS Texas
I ran the crew of my guys that put the flotation foam in the USS Texas battleship I'm happy too proud of this because my dad from Alaska was the first Russian aleut to join the Navy in 1942 has machines built for us just
Hello, you all did your best. She did not sink in the channel. Thank you.
“Third coast drone” channel has some great videos of the voyage to and time so far in dry dock.
Baytown and Beaumont would be no better than San Jacinto. She needs to stay in Galveston at Sea Wolf Park or go to Corpus and lay beside the Lexington.
I think Corpus Christi might be the best place for the Texas next to Lexington like you said
Corpus ain't happening unless they are prepared to dredge a shitton...Because the area around Lexington will only fit Lexington...No room for Texas around that, unless you dredge a 40ft deep area for it...thats also a long openwater haul...also 2 big boats close to each other presents its own problems...Texas is best off as the Meusem ship of Galveston, instead of sharing with Lexington down in corpus.
And honestly...with Beaumont and Baytown, fuck everyone advocating for either of those cities...
Those 2 are cases of Greed and trying to make a tourist attraction over realistically looking at the problem.
Texas needs to be AT a tourist attraction, not forced to try to be the main attraction. This was the mistake of San Jacinto Park in the 40s.
Galveston is the only option
@@Echo_Reyes Corpus Christi was taken out of consideration roughly a year ago already.
Both Baytown and Beaumont are now officially out of the running, per the recent statement from the Battleship Foundation. Thus, it now appears she will reside somewhere in the Galveston area. Corpus Christi was taken out of consideration already about a year ago.
Wouldn't be good to take her to corpus she will be in competition for money there
The blisters actually also added needed extra buoyancy required for the extra equipment added to her over years of upgrading (anti-aircraft weaponry, radars, increased crew levels, etc).
Since she no longer needs to carry large quantities of fuel, stores, etc the re-done blisters will not be extended so far along the lower hull thus making future maintenance much easier and economical but will still give the same appearance above the water line.
The blisters were added during the late 20s for more torpedo defense. Buoyancy turned out to be an added benefit by the time WW2 rolled around.
@@kevinhaywood1268 You are correct as I meant to say they added the bouyancy benefit to the torpedo protection.
Thank you for pronouncing San Jacinto correctly
San HACINTO. The "j" is pronounced as an "h". Built it WELL.
I am glad she is being repaired.
Nope it is pronounced San Jacinto like the "Jay" sound in English because we kicked the Mexicans' asses there so the battlefield is pronounced the English way. Same like we say X in Mexico and not H sound for Mexico like in Spanish. Texas is Tejas in Spanish also with a H sound but we use X like in English.
" A Jeep, a drone and old man" has been a follower of the battleship. He has even shown some archives of the ship and crew.
Very close to finalizing permanent docking in Galveston.
Great video!
she is a gorgous ship!!
She is exactly what the Pearl Harbor battleships looked like. Oklahoma, Utah, and Arizona look like Texas, not at all like the larger and skinnier 7 other surviving battleships that were built in the 1940s. That she was able to serve in both world wars was incredible and it speaks to how awesome of a battleship she was.
Galveston is her home
What happened to dry berthing her?
Why dont they just build a dry dock to keep her in permanently? Insted of putting her back in the water?
Ships were never designed to be permanently dry docked. Over time, the decks will sag and the hull will bow outward resulting in permanent structural damage. The only worse way to "preserve" a ship is encasing it in concrete.
Hurricane damage needs to be considered when picking her new home.
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Dry land the ship! There is a cruiser and a submarine at seawolf park.. why not the Texas?
i have heard a few times about this over the last decade it strikes me more as a get rich scheme for the local civil service (similar to the grand projects announced from time to time :highway , high speed train , revolutionary power plant ect ect)
Baytown and Beaumont have been ruled out by the Battleship Texas Foundation.
You would think There could be some way to fix the Rutter Where it’s It’s tugged to be moved The rudder is on 14° not straight and no way to turn it while it’s being tugged that’s a lot of money not to be able to at least fix that and by the way it sister ship USS New York got blew up and it’s sitting in the bottom of Pacific Ocean but yet USS Texas is being preserved I think it’s a terrible tragedy they couldn’t preserve both.
Okay. Big note I have for you is that the permanent dry berthing project was and still is a hugely ill conceived project that I am thankful never got up and running. At the end of the day, ships were never designed to be permanently dry docked. The hull of a ship is designed to spread the load of the ships's weight across the entire surface area of the hull. When a ship is permanently dry docked, the hull will sag over time, leading to irreversible structural damage. The best way to preserve a historical ship is to leave it floating and perform simple preventative maintenance. Just like how the state of California continually paints the Golden Gate Bridge in order to stave off the effects of corrosion, regular preventative maintenance is the key to the long term preservation of a ship. The foundation's goal is to position the USS Texas in a spot where she will attract enough visitors to offset the cost of her annual upkeep and maintenance. If this can be achieved, then the USS Texas will effectively be able to fund it's own preservation.
Just imagine if we put a fraction of the money going to Ukraine into Texas she could have been completely rebuilt to sail under her own power. That would be great. She needs to be in fresh water. Lake Michigan for example. My state 😁
Who ever receives her better keep and build funds for future dry docking and not line their pockets administration idiots 🙄