Whenever the WWI and WWII are mentioned, Texas BB-35 will always have a special mention because of the great role it played on the Beach of Omaha and Okinawa in Japan. However, those were not the first times the great battleship was on a foreign water to defend the nation. Few years after its commissioning, Battleship Texas was part of…
The Battleship Texas Foundation has for a long time made efforts to raise funds to save the Texas BB-35 from drowning. The foundation has also created a lot of awareness on the deplorable nature of the ship as well as made recommendations on what would be a permanent solution. It would be recalled that the ship which is the last…
As Texas BB-35 battles to stay afloat on the busy Houston Ship Channel where is anchored and now serves as a museum ship, it is important to recall her great heroics on the D-Day. If there is any reason why it is important to recall this bitter moment of history, it is to encourage the American people particularly in the…