AVIATION 1912 to December 1945 TEXAS aviation unit  Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn. 1943. Click for full image. 1912 - First TEXAS Aviation Reference:  The 1912 joiner drawing for 3rd deck shows a compartment near the bow labeled "Aviation Room" but no details.

 

Links Kite Balloon:  28 May 1918 to nlt October 1918 Turret Platform:   - - Turret 2  4 November 1918 to nlt 10 August 1922 - - Turret 4:  31 January 1919 to nlt 10 August 1922 Main deck (at the stern):  August 1923 to July 1925 Catapult (Turret 3):  23 November 1926 to 12 December 1945 Summary  Kite Balloon: 1 type Airplanes:  11 types  Drones: 2 types Detail:  Summary data with the inclusion of photos and data about each type of aviation.

Sources  Started with some accurately dated BB35 photos which were compared with ship's photos containing airplanes and then correlated with limited paper documents such as deck log, drawings and US Navy base periods.    I also relied on  two sources from William T Larkins: - - His research into the history of many of the individual airplanes that were aboard TEXAS  - -  "Battleship & Cruiser Aircraft of the US Navy, 1910 to 1941"; William T. Larkins; Schiffer Military History, 1996.  The book contains "Fleet Aircraft Assignment" showing what airplanes were assigned as of a particular month.    Both Mr. Larkins sources identify the dates the airplanes were assigned to and reassigned from BB35 but not the date when the aircraft were brought aboard and removed..   Some "Fleet Aircraft Assignment" tables only identify the airplanes assigned the battleship divisions and not to the specific ships in the division.