BATTLESHIP TEXAS BB35 - AMMUNITION STORAGE CAPACITIES

1910   1000 a       20 2000      4840 4840             19 box 17 tanks 20 box 50 box 50 box 160 box 10 box 3 box 1 box 20 box 30 box 32 box 16 box

July 1944 1200 b         2000 b     2500 2500 5000 29000 225000 175 25 30

TYPE   14" Projectiles a All shells are 1400lbs AP (Armor Piercing) a 40 shells in each turret - 200 total b (Mk. 19 or Mk. 20)- AP and HC types 14" Drill Projectiles 14" Powder b Mk.I or Mk.II Tanks, 2 bags per tank   5" Projectiles 5" 51 Powder charges 3" 50 Cartridges 40mm Cartridges 20mm Cartridges Catapult Charges (Type P catapult) 325 lbs. Depth Bombs 100 lbs. Bombs 3lb saluting charges Saluting Powder (lbs) 1lb RF for boat guns 1lb blind sub cal 3" Field Gun Cartridges for 30 cal Model 1906 for rifles & magazine guns Cartridges for 30 cal Model 1898 for Sub-Caliber Cartridges blank Model 1909 for rifle model 1903 Cartridges dummy, Model 1906 Cartridges ball cal 38 revolver Primers BLR combination Naval defense mine charges (4 boxes per charge) War Heads (torpedo)

SOURCE:

1910 - BB35 drawing, "Contract Plan", 30 Sept 1910, Drawing # 9351, on microfilm reel 32120-01. (Microfilm is aboard BB35)

1944 - From letter BB35/S78-3, Serial 091, dated 13 July 1944; Subject: Ammunition Storage -- Capacities aboard U.S.S. TEXAS (Provided by Ed Morrison. Obtained copy from the National Archives)