58 items in this album on 3 pages.
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| Chaplain's altar set on display aboard battleship Texas, 2007 | Looking out from Texas' 5in gun mount gangway, 2007 |
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| Original model of battleship Texas made sometime in the late-1920s/early-1930s, currently in the ship's captains' cabin, 2007 | Plaque above the German shell that hit battleship Texas in Jun 1944, 2007; note the picture of the hole-the shell came in upside-down and landed in a warrant officers' stateroom |
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| Side of battleship Texas as seen from the visitors' parking lot, note the Measure 21 camoflage, Texas, United States, 2007 | Starboard side of Texas, showing turrets 1 and 2, foremast, three of the six 5-in guns, and some of the anti-aircraft guns, Texas, United States, 2007 |
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| Texas' 3rd deck ammunition passage, 2007 | Texas' 5in gun powder bag on display in an ammo hoist, 2007 |
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| Texas' ammunition hoist on 3rd Deck ammo passageway, 2007 | Texas' portside 2nd Deck ammo passage, 2007; note the tripod foremast support on left side of photograph |
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| Texas' starboard 5in guns, 2007 | The unexploded German shell that struck Texas, 2007 |
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| Turrets 1 and 2 of battleship Texas, 2007; note the rangefinder on turret 2 | Various artifacts on display aboard battleship Texas, 2007 |
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| View from underneath Texas' turret 1, looking at the forecastle and the San Jacinto Monument, 2007 | View of battleship Texas' fantail, 2007 |
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| View of Texas' 14-in main battery (turrets 4 and 5) from the fantail, 2007 | View up superstructure of USS Texas, 2007; note the muzzle of 40mm anti-aircraft guns, the foremast, and the spotters' stations |
58 items in this album on 3 pages.
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