| Career (United States) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Texas |
| Namesake: | State of Texas |
| Ordered: | 24 June 1910[1] |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding Company[2][3] |
| Cost: | $5,830,000 |
| Laid down: | 17 April 1911[3][4] |
| Launched: | 18 May 1912[3][4] |
| Sponsored by: | Claudia Lyon[2] |
| Commissioned: | 12 March 1914[2][3] |
| Decommissioned: | 21 April 1948[2][3] |
| Struck: | 30 April 1948[2] |
| Nickname: | Big T, Old T |
| Honors and awards: | 5 Battle Stars |
| Status: | Museum ship at San Jacinto State Park |
| General characteristics (1914) | |
| Class & type: | New York-class battleship |
| Displacement: | 27,000 long tons (27,000 t) (design)[5] |
| Length: | 573 ft (175 m)[5] |
| Beam: | 95 ft 3 in (29.03 m)[5] |
| Draft: | 27 ft 10.5 in (8.496 m) (normal)[5] 29 ft 3.25 in (8.9218 m)(full)[5] |
| Propulsion: | 14 Babcock and Wilcox coal-fired boilers with oil spray (replaced by 6 Bureau Express oil-fired boilers in 1925-26); vertical triple-expansion steam engines; 2 shafts; 28,100 ihp [6] |
| Speed: | 21 kn (24 mph; 39 km/h)[5] |
| Range: | As built: 7,060 nautical miles (13,080 km) at 10 knots Coal: 1,900 tons Oil: 267 tons |
| Complement: | 1,042 |
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| General characteristics (1945) | |
| Displacement: | 32,000 long tons (33,000 t) (full load)[7] |
| Length: | 573 ft (175 m)[5] |
| Beam: | 106 ft 0 in (32.31 m)[9] |
| Draft: | 31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)[7] |
| Propulsion: | 2 × dual-acting triple expansion reciprocating steam engines[6] |
| Speed: | 19.72 kn (22.69 mph; 36.52 km/h)[9] |
| Endurance: | 15,400 nmi (17,722 mi; 28,521 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) |
| Complement: | 1810 officers and men[10] |
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| Armor: | Same as 1914 characteristics except: |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × OS2U Kingfisher |
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