2001

DECEMBER

14 - Action Reports: World War II; all action reports (6) have been included

17

 - -  - Dimensions:  New illustrated drawings and additional hull cross-sections

- - -  Cherbourg battle, 25 June 1944.  Modified illustrations of 240mm and 280mm shell hits and included links to new photos

NOVEMBER

5

14in Ammo Stowage - Capacity for stowing 1,255 shells.  Wes Grace counted the stowage location, 4 Nov 2001.  Added additional illustrated drawings

26

Christmas 1941 - TEXAS documents

Going to dry-dock - 7 Nov 2001 Proposition 8 passed which specifically allocates $12.5 million for dry-dock and berth improvements.  The fiscal year in which the money will be available was not specific but will be in FY 2002 or 2003 or 2004.

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logo:  1924 midshipmen cruise - TEXAS art logo

OCTOBER

18 

- 10 Mar 1919 - photo of the first airplane flight from a platform atop the turret of an American battleship

- 1931, 1939 - 14inch armor piercing shell penetration curves.  These were drawn by the Naval Proving Grounds, in Va

22

- 8 Color photos, 1941 - the only color BB35 photos I have seen of her USN period

- Photo: 1934 - TEXAS and NEW YORK, in Boston, with USS CONSTITUTION

- Photos: 1921 - Crossing the Line Ceremony - looks like a cross between Mardi Gras and Dante's "Inferno"

23

- photos:  main deck - changed graphics, linkage and added a couple of new photos

- photos:  2nd deck - changed graphics, linkage and added a new photo

24

1944 Way Diary: 1 Jan - 31 Dec 1944.  Most pages are 20 - 35kb

25

5inch Guns and 2nd deck armament changes - Additional diagrams of gun removals added

Armament by Time period - broke the single 1913 to 1925 period into 7 periods.  Enough data was at hand to make the break outs.

Mascot Maggie - article in 12 Dec 1931 BB35 newspaper "The TEXAS Steer" about Maggie birthing in the Brig

Coffee - rescanned the 15 Nov 1930 article.  Better clarity.

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Photos - main deck:  Photo size increased

Photos - 2nd deck:  Photo size increased

AUGUST

7 - Midshipmen Cruises, US Navy Academy midshipmen cruises aboard TEXAS, in 1924, 1938, 1939 and 1940

7 - Steering, added additional text and photos.  (Still need photos of Steering Engine Room, and Steering Room)

8 - Exterior timeline: A tool to date BB35 major exterior components as to it's being added, modified or removed. 

8 - Exterior Photos: many exterior photos have been increased in size.  Numerous new photos have been added

9 - Leeward Publications Corrections - The 1976 Leeward Publications BB35 data book has numerous photo caption errors as to dates.  Date corrections have been added

JULY

19 - Magazines:  added illustrated drawings of the magazines for 1910, 1931, 1937 and 1944.  The type of magazine is color coded

19 - Ammo hoist (5inch and smaller) as of 15 Oct 1944.  Hoist locations illustrated with a profile drawing. Only partially completed.  Have conflicting data as some hoists.  Will add plan views to cross reference to profile view

May

13

 - Small arms table (1914 - 1924)

-- Added a table of organization, June 1944, showing the crew were organized

19 - Berthing:  Highlighted deck plans and text where BB35 personnel were berthed (from Flag Bridge down to 3rd Deck)

23- Wardroom Officer's Staterooms - A 1912 detailed furnishings plan, in GIF, which was made from an AutoCAD of the drawing.  The 1912 drawing was found on microfilm by Tom Scott.  He printed and scanned  the drawing.  When the drawing was microfilmed (late 1940s - early 1950s), the clarity of the text and many objects was poor. In addition the scan file size  is to large for Internet transfer.

23 - SOC3 airplane was aboard not later then 2 Feb 1940.  SOC3 is clearly aboard in a 2 Feb 1940 photo of TEXAS entering Havana.  The photo is in the BB35 book by "Classic Warships".  When the plane came aboard is not known.  William Larkin states no airplanes (of any type) were aboard, in June 1939.

March 

30 - A complete reorganization of the file structure has been completed.  The amount and variety of data on the site finally made adding new data to difficult.  The new structure will allow for more growth

31 - Added extensive thumbnail size images through out the site.  Add numerous frames with related links in the narrow header at the top

Fuel storage capacity - calculation from to determine cubic footage of coal and oil and the changes after the 1925-26 modernization.  Over 110,000 cubic feet below 3rd was converted into fuel oil storage

oil vs coal - tables from "Marine Steam", Babcock and Wilcox, 1914.  Show the differences between coal and oil

drawing - airplane uo-1 on stern, 7-6-1923

fuel storage capacity, with cubic feet capacities for coal and oil. 

In Feb, scanned numerous BB35 books and historical reports. Looking into ways to make available on cd.

JANUARY