Milsurp After Hours

Here is the battleship USS Texas, the last surviving ship of her class in the world.

As built an 1914. She searved with the Grand Fleet and escorted the High Seas Fleet to Scapa Flow in 1918.

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In WW2 she served wt North Africa, Normandy, Cherbourg, Southern France, Iwo Jima, and Okanawa.

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In 1948 the children of Texas bought her from the Navy. She became the first steel hulled warship to become a Memorial.

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Oneshooter

Livin in Texas

Grand old lady. If you've been on board, how well is the interior restored?

Dave

Looking at that BB got me to remembering. While on a long strike (8 months) at the paper mill I worked at in Washington state in the late '70s, myself and several other pipefitters went to work at a shipyard in Seattle that was building FFG's (Fast Frigate) for the Navy. I was working on the USS Duncan FFG 10, building copper piping systems inside the main, above deck, superstructure. The Navy was very picky about every dimension had to be perfect, the next guy could be building a system right next to yours. Next to my ship was the HMAS Adelaide F01 being built. The thing I remember about them was that our blueprints were actually blue (DUH) and the Adelaide prints were green so there was no chance of mixing them up.

The Duncan went on to an undistinguished career and was the first FFG scrapped, and sold to Turkey for parts in 1999.

As you can tell by my ramblings, it's a slow day at my house.

Vern.

Here are a few sites with photos of the interior. I am a volunteer tour guide.

http://www.usstexasbb35.com/

http://www.ctomscott.com/index.htm

http://www.pbase.com/lwh/usstexas

Oneshooter

Livin in Texas

The Duncan went on to an undistinguished career and was the first FFG scrapped,

I know JUST how it felt

At least nobody has sold you to the Turks..................yet.

Vern.

Niner Delta wrote:At least nobody has sold you to the Turks..................yet.

Vern.

Worse. He was sold to the French!

Once and for all you lot I AM HERE ON MISSIONER WORK and boy do they need some help at times

Mind you - the wine is good

DuncaninFrance wrote:.....
Mind you - the wine is good

I dunno. All them grapes stomped with athlete's feet.........

Just filter out the toe nails and pubic hair dandruff