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6 Mar 1910, NY Times, pg 1: What battleship
money can buy instead |
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11 May 1912, NY
Times, pg 1: Social feud over the choice of TEXAS sponsor at the
launching |
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19 May 1912, NY Times, pg 12: Launching
article provides good descriptive details and insights into ideas
influencing the construction (ie protection as compared to TITANIC). |
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Oct 1913 - Standardization runs, Rockland Me |
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-- 23 Oct 1913, NY Times, pg 7: sailed through
50 knot gale |
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-- 24 Oct 1913, NY
Times, pg 1: Engine damage during trial run |
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-- 28 Oct 1913, NY
Times, pg 1: Makes 22.28 knots |
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-- Dec 1944, Newport
News Shipyard Bulletin: Oct 1913 Builders account of runs with details
on the damaged engine |
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27 March 1914, NY Times, pg 7: In New York Navy
Yard to outfit |
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7 May 1914, NY Times, pg 12: Ceremony -
Receives silk ensign from "Texas Club of New York City". |
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22 June 1914, NY Times, pg 4: Electric ovens,
cooking capacity, operating etc |
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Jan 1915, Wells Fargo Messenger: Delivering the
$10,000 TEXAS silver from Waco to Galveston, by horse drawn wagon, w
photo |
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23 June 1916, NY Times, pg 3: Leaves port in a
hurry and under secrecy. |
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13 Aug 1916, NY Times, pg 16: Red pennant for
battle efficiency |
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14 Feb 1917, NY
Times, pg 10: Leads 14inch gunnery and 2nd in 5inch gunnery |
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18 Oct 1917, NY
Times, pg 13: Wins electronic signaling contest |
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15 Jan 1918, NY
Times, pg 15: To receive Knox Trophy for gunnery |
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4 July 1918, Sheffield Star: TEXAS
baseball game vs army, on 4th of July, before 25,000, in England.
(135kb) |
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28 July 1919, NY Times, pg 6: Crosses Panama
Canal with battle fleet |
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25 July 1923, Seattle
Post-Intellingcer: Map of battle fleet anchorage, in Seattle, ships
present reads like "Battleship Row", at Pearl Harbor, Dec 1941 |
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20 June 1924, Torquay Times, pg 7: Arrives
Torquay, England, with naval academy midshipmen |
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27 June 1924, Torquay Times, pg 5: Details of
sailor activities ashore and how the English see them |
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July 1925: TEXAS anti-aircraft target fire
involving the USN airship Shenandoah. |
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--24 July 1925, NY
Times, pg 25 |
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--30 July 1925,
NY Times, pg 9 |
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11 May 1930, NY Times, pg 22: 50,000 visit the
fleet, in New York City |
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12 May 1930, NY Times, pg 3: Daily food
type/cost and cost to pay crew |
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20 May 1930, NY Times, pg 25: President Hoover
reviews fleet as it sails |
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3 Aug 1930, Seattle
Post-Intellingencer, map of fleet anchorage |
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15 Nov 1930, The TEXAS Steer (BB35 newspaper) -
Mystery of Ward Room coffee revealed |
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1 Aug 1931, Painting the underwater hull costs
$852, "The TEXAS Steer" |
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12 Dec 1931, The TEXAS steer (BB35 newspaper) -
Mascot Maggie births in Brig |
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9 June 1944, New York Daily News: Gunnery
Officer Derrickson, during Normandy |
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22 July 1944, Saturday Evening Post: BB35
during Normandy (lots of crewmember interviews) |
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16 Sept 1944, Saturday Evening Post: BB35 at
Cherbourg (detailed account) |
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14 Nov 1944, New York Sun: Turret 1 gun towed
up 5th Ave to war bond site |
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24 Sept 1945, Houston Chronicle: Editorial
drawing to bring BB35 to TEXAS |
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24 Nov 1946, Houston
Post: Editorial drawing to bring BB35 to TEXAS (homeless vet) |
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29 March 1948, Houston Post: BB35 arrives in
Galveston area (photo w P-51s overhead) |
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21 April 1948, Houston Post, pg
10: Can TEXAS be reached with a baseball, from Buffs Stadium? (with
cartoon) |
