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Battleship Texas continues outstanding service
On this day in 1945, the battleship Texas supported the landings
for the battle of Okinawa, the final great amphibious assault of World War
II. The keel of the Texas, the second battleship to bear this name,
was laid at Newport News, Virginia, on April 17, 1911. After serving in
the Atlantic Fleet in the First World War, she supported the World War II
landings in North Africa, Omaha Beach, southern France, and Iwo Jima.
After more than thirty-four years of naval service she was retired and
given to the state of Texas to be used as a memorial. She is permanently
moored at the San Jacinto Monument off the Houston Ship Channel.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- TEXAS
- SAN JACINTO BATTLEGROUND STATE HISTORICAL PARK
- HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL
- Links to other Web sites (will be opened in new browser window)
- San Jacinto Battleground State Historical Park Complex, Texas Parks and Wildlife
- Other Texas Day by Day Articles for This Date
- Veterans found G.I. Forum (1948)
- Mexican raiders attack Nuecestown (1875)
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