USS Texas

[BrettMRC]

I had a little look and couldn't see an existing thread on her, although I know it's been mentioned a few times on others.

Texas is the only surviving super dreadnought, and is a US National Engineering Monument.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Texas_(BB-35)

All things being well she should be moved from her birth and onto the dry dock this month, probably within the next 7-10 days.
https://battleshiptexas.org/battleship-updates/

During my travels I haven't yet had the chance to visit her, and things were looking really bleak a few years ago with serious flooding and corrosion threatening her structural stability. Looks like a lot of work has been done in the last 18months to stabilse her enough to be moved, but there is still a risk moving her.

Yesterday they began work on ballasting ready for the tow.

Hopefully it will all be available on a live stream.

Updates will be here: https://battleshiptexas.org/departure/

[Simpo Two]

It was featured in a very good documentary on dreadnoughts I saw a few days ago.

This is a good book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/USS-Texas-Squadron-Sea-Ha...

[BrettMRC]

The ship will be moved on 31st August

[spitfire-ian]

Live stream here https://youtu.be/N932ZqspCTY

[BrettMRC]

We'll soon see if the extra work to reinforce the Hull has worked!

[BrettMRC]

They are talking about getting her above 3kts once into the deeper channel!

Going well so far

[FourWheelDrift]

Almost there - https://twitter.com/Battleship_TX/status/156506193...

[BrettMRC]

From the foundations FB update:

[spitfire-ian]

There's a live webcam pointing right at it https://www.visitgalveston.com/webcams/galveston-h...

[FourWheelDrift]

Great video of Texas in drydock, drone footage, up close and showing where repairs to the hull are, removing anti-torpedo bulges and all the little holes where the water got in.

[McGee_22]

^^^^ Thanks for posting that - great video.

[BrettMRC]

So much rot - I need to find the videos/pics from a couple of years ago showing the state of the stern, it was terrifying!

[Greenmantle]

McGee_22 said:

^^^^ Thanks for posting that - great video.

amazing video.

[normalbloke]

Little bit of filler work needed there….

[FourWheelDrift]

Few thousand cans of this will do it.

[Taita]

Did I see that right? It said the armour was 496 inches thick in parts?

Bloody hell

How do they fix the different layers to each other to make up the width? Offset edges on plates?

[Shar2]

Taita said:

Did I see that right? It said the armour was 496 inches thick in parts?

Bloody hell

How do they fix the different layers to each other to make up the width? Offset edges on plates?

I think they got that very wrong as the thickest armour on the Texas' hull, the main belt, is only 305mm thick.

[Taita]

Shar2 said:

Taita said:

Did I see that right? It said the armour was 496 inches thick in parts?

Bloody hell

How do they fix the different layers to each other to make up the width? Offset edges on plates?

I think they got that very wrong as the thickest armour on the Texas' hull, the main belt, is only 305mm thick.

Isn't 496 a type of steel or similar too?

[spitfire-ian]

Taita said:

Shar2 said:

Taita said:

Did I see that right? It said the armour was 496 inches thick in parts?

Bloody hell

How do they fix the different layers to each other to make up the width? Offset edges on plates?

I think they got that very wrong as the thickest armour on the Texas' hull, the main belt, is only 305mm thick.

Isn't 496 a type of steel or similar too?

The caption says .486 inches thick. Would have been clearer if they'd written 0.486

[McGee_22]

Taita said:

Shar2 said:

Taita said:

Did I see that right? It said the armour was 496 inches thick in parts?

Bloody hell

How do they fix the different layers to each other to make up the width? Offset edges on plates?

I think they got that very wrong as the thickest armour on the Texas' hull, the main belt, is only 305mm thick.

Isn't 496 a type of steel or similar too?

You blind old beggars - get thee to specsavers - it was 0.486 inches thick - less than half an inch and most of that corroded. Lots concrete shoved into the hull over the years as well - RN used to do that too - I remember that on the Harbour Training Ships.