58 items in this album on 3 pages.
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| As seen from battleship USS Texas, Fletcher-class destroyer USS Twiggs engaging in a pre-invasion bombardment of Iwo Jima’s landing beach White 2 in support of underwater demolition team operations, 17 Feb 1945. | US Navy Captain John Litherland, former skipper of submarine SSN-775 Texas, posed at battleship Texas' bridge, Sep 2006 |
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| 14-in shells on the main deck of Texas, 2007 | 1912/1913 vintage 5in guns in the starboard-side aircastle of Texas, 2007; note the shells on display in the racks in between the guns |
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| 5in ammunition hoist on the 3rd deck aboard Texas, 2007 | A 1912/1913 vintage 5-in gun aboard battleship Texas, 2007 |
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| A 20mm anti-aircraft gun aboard Texas, 2007 | A display on battleship Texas in the aircastle, 2007 |
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| Anchor chain going down the hawse pipe aboard battleship Texas, 2007 | Battleship Texas as seen from the main deck, looking aft, 2007 |
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| Battleship Texas' bell, 2007 | Battleship Texas' captain's cabin, 2007 |
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| Battleship Texas' captain's galley, 2007 | Battleship Texas' fantail plaque, 2007 |
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| Battleship Texas' portside gun, 2007; note the one-inch clearance between the gun and the antenna lead under the mainmast | Battleship Texas' starboard gangway, turrets 4 and 5, and two of the 3-in guns, Texas, United States, 2007, photo 1 of 2 |
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| Battleship Texas' starboard gangway, turrets 4 and 5, and two of the 3-in guns, Texas, United States, 2007, photo 2 of 2 | Bow of battleship Texas as seen from the highway through San Jacinto Battleground State Park, Texas, United States, 2007 |
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| Bow of battleship Texas' distinctive dreadnaught bow, Texas, United States, 2007 | Bow of battleship Texas, 2007 |
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