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Photo # NH 2792:  USS Texas firing her 14-inch main battery guns, February 1928

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USS Texas (Battleship Number 35, later BB-35), 1914-1948 -- Part II


This page features additional selected views concerning USS Texas (BB-35).

For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Texas (Battleship # 35, later BB-35), 1914-1948.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: NH 103092

    USS Texas
    (Battleship # 35)

    In drydock, with painting stages rigged along her waterline area. Anchors and chain are on the drydock floor. The image reverse is marked "circa 1916".
    Photographed by Charland.
    The original image is printed on postal card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 91KB; 460 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55196

    USS Texas (BB-35)


    Boxing match held on board during Battle Fleet maneuvers off Panama in 1923. View looks aft toward the rear of Turret # 4, which bears a banner reading "U.S.S. Texas ... Come On Texas".
    Note Turret # 3 in the lower right, with a rangefinder and two 3"/50 anti-aircraft guns mounted on its top.
    Photographed by Holtwick.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 141KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 2792

    USS Texas (BB-35)


    Firing her 14"/45 main battery guns, during long range battle practice, February 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 118KB; 740 x 580 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 75775

    Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams


    Inspects the crew of USS Texas (BB-35), March 1931.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Admiral William V. Pratt.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 105KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-K-387 (Color)

    USS Texas (BB-35)

    Silhouetted against the sunset, while participating in North Atlantic convoy operations, circa summer 1941.
    Photographed by Lieutenant Dayton A. Seiler, USN.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 505 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-244210

    Bombardment of Cherbourg, June 1944


    A heavy German coast artillery shell falls between USS Texas (BB-35), in the background, and USS Arkansas (BB-33), while the two battleships were engaging Battery Hamburg during the bombardment of Cherbourg, France, 25 June 1944.
    Photographed from Arkansas.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-309140

    Iwo Jima Operation, 1945


    USS Texas (BB-35) recovers a Vought OS2U "Kingfisher" floatplane in a light rain at 1700 Hrs. on 16 February 1945, the first day of the Iwo Jima pre-invasion bombardment.
    The OS2U's radioman is riding the wing after hooking the plane to the recovery crane.
    Note details of the crane, aircraft recovery mat and net, 40mm quad gun mounting and the plane's color scheme and markings.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 19-N-73640

    Camouflage Measure 31a, Design 8B


    Drawing prepared by the Bureau of Ships for a camouflage scheme intended for the battleships New York (BB-34) and Texas (BB-35.
    This plan, approved by Captain Torvald A. Solberg, USN, is dated 11 October 1944. It shows the ship's port side.
    New York wore this pattern in late 1944 and early 1945. Texas was painted in it for a brief period during the final part of 1944.

    Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 148KB; 1200 x 800 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 19-N-73641

    Camouflage Measure 31a, Design 8B


    Drawing prepared by the Bureau of Ships for a camouflage scheme intended for the battleships New York (BB-34) and Texas (BB-35.
    This plan, approved by Captain Torvald A. Solberg, USN, is dated 11 October 1944. It shows the ship's starboard side, exposed decks and superstructure ends.
    New York wore this pattern in late 1944 and early 1945. Texas was painted in it for a brief period during the final part of 1944.

    Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 157KB; 1200 x 805 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     


    The following photographs were taken from USS Texas while she was operating off Iwo Jima in February 1945:

  • Photo # 80-G-309163: White phosphorus rounds burst ashore as destroyers prepare for an Underwater Demolition Team operation off Iwo Jima's West Beach at 4:00 PM, 17 February 1945, during the pre-invasion bombardment of the island.
  • Photo # 80-G-309138: Minesweepers (YMS type), at left, at work in preparation for underwater demolition team (UDT) operations off Iwo Jima, at 1430 Hrs. on 17 February 1945.


    For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Texas (Battleship # 35, later BB-35), 1914-1948.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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