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| Click On Image For Full Size Image | Size | Image Description | Contributed By And/Or Copyright |
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 | 77k | 1 July 1911 photo of the Texas (BB-35) being built. Sub-assemblies andmachinery area bulkheads are in place. | U.S. Navy Photograph, contributed by Mike Green, courtesy of Leeward Publications. | |
 | 57k | Looking forward from the stern, this 2 October 1911 photo shows the angled framing of the tiller room. | U.S. Navy Photograph, contributed by Mike Green, courtesy of Leeward Publications. | |
 | 69k | 12 January 1912 photo of Texas (BB-35) being built. This photo shows the second deck around #4 and #5 barbettes. The tiller room at the bottom edge of the photo has been completely plated over. | U.S. Navy Photograph, contributed by Mike Green, courtesy of Leeward Publications. | |
 | 89k | Texas (BB-35) on 2 April 1912 almost hidden by scaffolding. The ramp at the left is used by mules hauling material to the main deck. | U.S. Navy Photograph, contributed by Mike Green, courtesy of Leeward Publications. | |
 | 117k | Miss Claudia Lyon, sponsor of the Texas (BB-35), holding her bouquet. | Digital ID # ggbain 10500, LC-B2-2411-8. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection. | |
 | 149k | A workman dangles from the bow of the Texas (BB-35) just above the sponsor's platform for the launching of the battledhip sometime shortly before 18 May 1912. | Digital ID # ggbain 10418, LC-B2-2401-3. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen. | |
 | 125k | The Texas (BB-35) slides down the launching ways on 18 May 1912. | Digital ID # ggbain 10502, LC-B2-2411-11. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen. | |
 | 66k | Texas (BB-35) on 2 October 1912 being fitted out. A floating derrick is being used to install deck equipment. | U.S. Navy Photograph, contributed by Mike Green, courtesy of Leeward Publications. | |
 | 84k | Making 15.151 knots during the 9th run of her standardization trials, 23 October 1913. Note incomplete status of her hull paint forward and unfinished mainmast. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph,USNHC # NH 61713, now in the collections of the National Archives. | |
 | 44k | Port bow view of Texas (BB-35) on 3 January 1914 showing forward turrets and 5" casemate guns. | U.S. Navy Photograph, contributed by Mike Green, courtesy of Leeward Publications. | |
 | 37k | Port stern quarter view of Texas (BB-35) on 3 January 1914. The three aft turrets are visible as well as the stern mounted 5" gun. | U.S. Navy Photograph, contributed by Mike Green, courtesy of Leeward Publications. | |
 | 50k | Texas (BB-35) underway under a cloud of coal burning smoke prior to the March 1914 commissioning. The two-level searchlights are not present on the masts but they were at commissioning. Also the construction markings are still visible on the side of the hull. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. Text courtesy of Chuck Moore. | |
 | 94k | Texas (BB-35) sometime after the Oct 1913 sea trials and before being commissioned on 12 March 1914. The searchlights were not present during the Oct 1913 sea trials but they are present in the 12 March 1914 commissioning photo. | USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Partial text and photo i.d. courtesy of Chuck Moore. | |
 | 250k | Texas (BB-35) on 24 March 1914 with an unknown battleship moored alongside and the cage masts of another looming over the foreground. The “turtle-back” style of turret is particular to the New York, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania classes and of these only the New York class have 2 funnels. Ergo if Texas is in the foreground it must be New York (BB-34) on the other side. In pre-war photos the easy telltale for distinguishing between these two sisters is the searchlights mounted on the masts; Texas carries them one above the other and New York carries them on a single level. This arrangement changes on Texas immediately after the war. | Digital ID # ggbain 16025v, LC-B2-3055-13. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection. Text i.d. courtesy of Chris Hoehn. | |
 | 227k | With her commissioning flag slightly bowed, the Texas (BB-35) is moored dockside on 24 March 1914. Note the trolley tracks alongside for the movement of cranes and the boarding ladder dockside. | Digital ID # ggbain 16026v, LC-B2-3055-14. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection. | |
 | 136k | Capt. Albert Weston Grant commanded the battleship Texas (BB-35) from March 1914 to September 1915. | Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress & submitted by Bill Gonyo. Photo added 03/13/09. | |
 | 92k | Texas (BB-35) appears in a steroscopic color tinted photo by Enrique Miller Jr, circa 1914. | Courtesy of Paul Petosky. |  | 71k | U.S. Atlantic Fleet battleships steaming toward Mexican waters in 1914. Photograph copyrighted in 1914 by E. Muller, Jr., and Pach. The following battleships that were dispatched to Mexican waters included the: Ohio (BB-12), Virginia (BB-13), Nebraska (BB-14), Georgia (BB-15), New Jersey (BB-16), Rhode Island (BB-17), Connecticut (BB-18), Louisiana (BB-19), Vermont (BB-20), Kansas (BB-21), Minnesota (BB-22), Mississippi (BB-23), Idaho (BB-24), New Hampshire (BB-25), South Carolina (BB-26), Michigan (BB-27), Delaware (BB-28), North Dakota (BB-29), Florida (BB-30), Utah (BB-31), Wyoming (BB-32), Arkansas (BB-33), New York (BB-34) & Texas (BB-35) . In insets are (left to right): Rear Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher, Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger. | USNHC # NH 60322. |
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