Sailors peer out of the foretop on USS Texas BB-35 in 1942.
Naval personnel inspect the damage from the 12 inch shells of USS New Hampshire (BB-25) to San Marcos (ex-USS Texas (1892)) in Chesapeake Bay, March 1911.
She was used a range target for several decades before the wreck was deemed a navigational hazard. She sank the cargo ship Lexington in 1940 following a collision. In January 1959, explosives were used to destroy her upper decks and drive her hull deeper into the mud.
NHHC: NH 108617, NH 108612, NH 108614, NH 108616, NH 73107, NH 73108, NH 73111, NH 73110
USS San Marcos (former USS Texas) after being used for target practice.
Turrets No. 1 and 2 of USS Texas (BB-35), sometime between 1915 to 1916.
Note the Delaware class Battleship in the background.
Turrets No. 1 and 2 of USS Texas (BB-35), sometime between 1915 to 1916.
Note the Delaware class Battleship in the background.
USS Texas. 1895. 2nd Class Battleship.
USS Texas 1898