Fuel Storage
| Type | Tons (max) | Cubic Feet | 3rd dk | Below 3rd deck | |
| 1914 | Coal | 2,891 a b | 124,341 | 44,687 | 79,654 |
| Oil | 464 a c | 19,540 | 0 | 19,540 (inner bottom under engine rooms) | |
| 1926 on | Oil | 1,500,000 gals d e | 200,550 f | 0 | 200,550 |
| a - "General Information U.S.S. 'TEXAS'" finished plans nos 37 and 38 | |||||
| b -. 2,755 tons largest load 1918 Deck log. (Empty coal bags stored port side and outboard of the Engine Room) | |||||
| c - 441 tons normal tonnage (to allow expansion, only 95% of the 464 ton capacity was filled) | |||||
| d - BB35 newspaper of 27 Sep 1927 and is the maximum capacity | |||||
| e - Leeward lists 5,200tons and the Friedman battleship book lists 2810 tons (normal), 4600 tons (max) and 7,800 tons (RSW). The Leeward tonnage does not convert to 1,500,000 gals. Specific gravity for fuel oil is 1.01 to .93. Using a specific gravity of .93 (with a lbs-to-gal ratio of 7.75bls), the conversion is 1,341,000 gals. For 5,200 tons to convert to 1,500,000 gals, a ratio of 7lbs to 1gal is needed. Such a ratio has a specific gravity of .825, which is well out of the range for fuel oil. | |||||
| f ( 1,5000,000 * 0.1337): 0.1337 the conversion of 1 gal of liquid to cubic feet | |||||