MOVEMENTS

1911 to 1990

 

The complete movement of BB35 compiled from keel lying at Newport News Shipyard, in1911 to return to San Jacinto State Park, in July 1990.  

Each link is a specific time period and the movements are displayed in chronological order.  

Movement table data sources:

  • Apr 1911 - Feb 1914:  From "General Information USS TEXAS Finished Plans 37 and 38", and a Dec 1944 Newport News Shipyard publication about the Oct 1913 sea trials
  • March 1914 to Dec 1940:   Quarterly Cruise Reports
  • Jan 1941 - Dec 1945:  Deck log and war diary
  • Jan 1946 - July 1990:  Deck log and newspapers

Apr 1911 - Mar 1914

May - Aug 1914

Aug 1914 - Nov 1918

Oct - Dec 1914

Jan - July 1915

Aug - Dec 1915

Jan - Aug 1916

Aug 1916 - Apr 1917

Keel laying to commission

East coast of Mexico

WORLD WAR I

East coast of Mexico - with trip to Texas

US East Coast and Caribbean

US East Coast

US East Coast and Caribbean

US East Coast and Caribbean

APR 1917 - NOV 1918

April 1917 - Jan 1918

Feb - Nov 1918

Nov - Dec 1918

Jan - July 1919

US IN WORLD WAR I

US East Coast

North Sea Operations

Europe to America

US East Coast & Caribbean

July 1919 - Jan 1924

.Jul - Dec 1919

...Jan - Dec 1920

US West Coast

...Jan - Dec 1921

...Jan - Dec 1922

..Jan 1923 - Jan 1924

 + South America

 

Jan 1924 - July 1925

July 1925 - Aug 1927

Sept - Dec 1927

Dec 1927 - Mar 1928

Mar - Jun 1928

Jun 1928 - Jan 1929

Jan - Jun 1929

US East Coast, Europe Caribbean

Modernization - dry dock + shake down

US West Coast

US East Coast

US West Coast

US East Coast

US West Coast

Jun 1929 - June 1930

June - Oct 1930

Oct 1930 - Feb 1931

US East Coast

US West Coast

US East Coast

Feb 1931 - Apr 1934

....Feb - Dec 1931

... Jan - Dec 1932

... Jan 1933 - Apr 1934

US West Coast

 

 

  

Apr - Nov 1934

Nov 1934 - Jun 1937

US East Coast

US West Coast 

Nov 1934 - Dec 1935

....Jan - Dec 1936

....Jan - Jun 1937

June 1937 - Sep 1939

Sep 1939 - 2 Sept 1945

US East Coast, Canada, Caribbean, Europe

WORLD WAR II

Sep 1939 - Dec 1941

Dec 1941 - Sep 1945

Dec 1941 -Dec 1942

Jan 1943 - Apr 1944

Apr - July 1944

July - Sep 1944

US East Coast + Caribbean + Canada

US IN WORLD WAR II

Atlantic Operations (including North Africa Invasion)

Atlantic Operations

France - (Normandy invasion & Cherbourg battle)

Mediterranean ( Southern France Invasion)

Sept 1944 - Jan 1945

Jan - Sept 1945

Sept - Dec 1945

US East Coast to Ulithi, Caroline Isl, Pacific

Pacific Operations (Iwo Jima and Okinawa Invasions)

Magic Carpet - returning troops to the West Coast

Dec 1945 - 21 Apr 1948

Dec 1988 - Jul 1990

California to Hawkins Point (Maryland), to Texas

Dry Dock period