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texas88 | NR | THE BATTLE SHIP TEXAS. Prospects of a Cheap and and Satisfactory Construction at the Norfolk Yard. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 01 February 1888, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
texas88m | NR | THE ARMORED BATTLE-SHIP TEXAS. | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 09 May 1888, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
texas89a | NR | WILL THE TEXAS FLOAT? | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The National Tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 22 August 1889, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
texas89c | NR | THE TEXAS A FAILURE. There Is a Probably Court Martial Ahead for Those Responsible for Its Faulty Designing Naval officers are predicting that there is trouble ahead—probably a courtmartial—for those who are responsible for the acceptance of the faulty design and the construction of the battleship Texas, so far as it has already progressed. They have no doubt that the final outcome of the investigation by a board recently appointed by Secretary Tracy to examine the designs, will result in the stopping of all work on the Texas, and that the vessel will never be finished. Secretary Tracy comes in for some criticism by naval officers for having appointed Naval Constructor Bowles as a member of this board to determine whether the Texas will float or not if finished according to the present design, which Constructor Bowles has all along endorsed, and whether work on the vessel should continue or not. They say he has been made a juror to try his own case. The board, consisting of Naval Constructor Gatewood and Bowles and Assistant Naval Constructor Taylor, have begun their investigation at the department. |
Image and text provided by South Dakota State Historical Society – State Archives. Photo from The Mitchell Capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 30 August 1889, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
texas89b | NR | Ex-Secretary Whitney Attacked. ....They point to the battleship Texas, now in course of construction at the Norfolk navy yard, and say that she is certain to be a failure. It is true that the plans for this vessel were purchased by Secretary Whitney from an English shipbuilding firm. The best naval constructors in this country approved them when they were received, and the Texas was ordered to be built in accordance with them. Lately the question whether the plans are correct has been raised. By some of the officers of the navy it is maintained that if the Texas is built in accordance with them she will not float — that, in fact, she will be a waterlogged vessel..... |
Image and text provided by Digital Library of Georgia, a project of GALILEO located at the University of Georgia Libraries. Photo from The Morning News. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 02 September 1889, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
611k | U.S. Navy yard, Norfolk, Va., Texas on the ways under construction, 30 November 1889. | National Archives Identifier: 52560643 Local Identifier: 181-V-6987 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov |
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661k | U.S. Navy yard, Norfolk, Va., Texas From Stern, circa January 1890. | National Archives Identifier: 52560635 Local Identifier: 181-V-6988 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov |
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texas90a | NR | BATTLE-SHIP TEXAS. MANUFACTURE HERE OF ITS IMMENSE MACHINERY |
Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA. Photo from The Times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 07 March 1890, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
561k | Texas receiving her bow plates, circa July 1890. | National Archives Identifier: 52560647 Local Identifier: 181-V-6989 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov |
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761k | U.S. Navy yard, Norfolk, Va., Texas on the ways under construction, 22 August 1890. | National Archives Identifier: 52560641 Local Identifier: 181-V-6986 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov |
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651k | 2nd deck of the Texas, beginning to rise, circa spring 1891? | National Archives Identifier: 52560649 Local Identifier: 181-V-6990 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov |
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texas21 | 381k | Texas under construction at the Norfolk Navy Yard, on 1 May 1891. | Photo courtesy of Daniel Hacker. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.55k | Texas has a way to go before launching. | National Archives Identifier: 52560705 Local Identifier: 181-V-7018 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.51k | Stern of the Texas, possibly right before launching on 28 January 1892. | National Archives Identifier: 52560707 Local Identifier: 181-V-7019 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov |
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814k | Launch of the battleship Texas. | Photo courtesy of Sponsors of the United States navy; Benham, Edith Wallace, comp; Hall, Anne Martin, comp 1797-1913, pg. 256,via New York Shipbuilding Company courtesy of Boston Public Library. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.32k | Texas, ready for launching on 28 January 1892. | National Archives Identifier: 52560717 Local Identifier: 181-V-7024 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov |
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1.14k | Texas fitting out after launching on 28 January 1892. The Amphitrite (BM-2) is under construction alongside. | National Archives Identifier: 52560715 Local Identifier: 181-V-7023 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
texas92l | NR | THE TEXAS LAUNCHED UNCLE SAM'S NEW WAR SHIP AFLOAT AT NORFOLK. |
Image and text provided by West Virginia University. Photo from The World. , 29 June 1892, [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 29 June 1892, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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texas92s | NR | THE TEXAS IN THE WATER SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF THE ARMORED BATTLE SHIP. THE LARGEST WAR SHIP EVER CONSUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF THE ARMORED BATTLE SHIP. CHRISTENED BY A DAUGHTER OF THE LONE STAR STATE. NORFOLK, Va., June 28. — At 11:17 o'clock this morning Miss Madge Houston Williams of Texas at a signal from Naval Constructor Francis T. Bowles broke the bottle of wine on the bow of the finest armored battle ship ever launched in the United States, and in a clear, firm voice cried: |
Image and text provided by The New York Times, 29 June 1892, via timesmachine.nytimes.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
texas92j | NR | A DAUGHTER OF TEXAS. Chosen by the People of Her State to Christen a Warship. Secretary Tracy sticks to the custom of having United States battleships christened with wine though the Prohibitionists have by resolution requested him to use water, and the great war vessel Texas has been baptized by a lady of the Lone Star State. Miss Madge Houston Williams, of Independence, Tex., who officiated, was the unanimous choice of the state for that honor, and is a granddaughter of Sam Houston, the Washington of Texas..... |
Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA. Photo from Fairhaven Herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 23 July 1892, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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texas15 | 971k | Texas unofficial plans, published in the Transactions of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 1893. | Photo NH-70114 courtesy of history.navy.mil. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
texas13 | 1.09k | Drawing of the Texas prior to her commissioning. | Image & text from the January 1895 edition of Scientific American, pg 40. Photo courtesy of scientificamerican.com via Daniel Hacker. |
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308k | A line drawing of the Texas as completed. | Photo courtesy of Transactions of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, collection of Robb Jensen. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
texas14 | 1.27k | Texas main deck plan, left half. | Photo NH-76610a courtesy of history.navy.mil. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
texas43m | 971k | Texas outboard profile, as completed, right half. | Photo NH-76610b courtesy of history.navy.mil. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.10k | The Texas, a commissioning flag at the mast, is anchored with a two & three masted ship in the background for company in 1895. | US National Archives photo # 80-G-1035093 from NARA, College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
224k | A true Southern bell is the Texas, 1895. | Photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
93k | Bow on view of the Texas at anchor ca. 1895 at an unknown location. Photo shows a good view of the secondary armament and the bow mounted torpedo tube. | Photo courtesy of The Detroit Publishing Company as # det 4a1419v & now in the archives of the Library of Congress, (LOC) # LC-D4-20331, courtesy of Mike Green. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
texas17 | 1.68k | Texas discharging ammunition, between 1895 and 1901. | Photo Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-det-4a14773 by Edward H. Hart from the Detriot Publishing Co. via LOC courtesy of John Spivey. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.64k | Texas discharging ammunition, between 1895 and 1901. Note the ladies on board. |
Photo by Edward H. Hart, published by The Detroit Publishing Company as # det 4a14773 & now in the archives of the Library of Congress, (LOC) as # LC-D4-21010, courtesy of www.shorpy.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
337k | U.S. Battleship Texas, chief petty officers. | Photo by Edward H. Hart, courtesy of Shorpy.com via Dick Carter & Fabio Peña. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
944k | Texas underway and looking pretty at high speed to dry the hanging laundry sometime between 1895 and 1901. | Photo LC-DIG-det-4a14342 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
texas46 | 1.10k | Sailors on the deck of the Texas at Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City. | Photo courtesy of New York Historical Society via Daniel Hacker. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
texas7 | 956k | Showing gun crews manning a pair of Driggs-Schroeder 1-pounders in the fighting top. Ammunition is swung up by a whip reeved through the small davit at left. | Photo NH-42497 courtesy of history.navy.mil. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
texas37u | 784k | Texas With Olympia (Cruiser No. 6) & Minneapolis (Cruiser No. 13). Copied from Our Navy: Its Growth and Achievements, copyright 1897. | Photo NH-382-KN courtesy of history.navy.mil. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
texas15t | 1.17k | Texas photographed prior to the Spanish-American War. | Photo NH-63506 courtesy of history.navy.mil via Darryl L. Baker. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
texas2 | 1.36k | Canvas covered Texas. | Photo NH-74105 courtesy of history.navy.mil. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
texas45o | 876k | View on board Texas looking forward from the quarterdeck, with military mainmast in center, at the New York Navy Yard, 13 September 1898. Note searchlight, Hotchkiss 37mm revolving cannon, and 6"/30 gun. | Photo NH-93851 courtesy of history.navy.mil. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
texas19 | 473k | Texas presentation of cross and badge to Ensign Gherardi by the King's daughters, 8 August 1897. | Photo by Edward H. Hart, Photo LC-DIG-det-4a14771 courtesy of loc.gov. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.80k | FLEET MANEUVERS-1897 IN BATTLE ARRAY The September Evolutions of the North Atlantic Squadron. Indiana (BB-1), Texas, Iowa (BB-4), Massachusetts (BB-2) & Maine. | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo courtesy of Evening Star. (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 28 August 1897, Image 18, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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1.12k | Texas. | Photo from The American Navy with Introduction and Descriptive Text - Reproductions of Photographs - Belford, Middlebrook & Co. - Chicago, 1898, submitted by Thomas Becher. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
819k | Texas meets Boston harbor, Hoosac Grain Elevator and Charlestown in left background. | Photo courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection via flickr.com. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
632k | The Silver Service to Be Presented to the Battleship Texas Tomorrow | Image and text provided by University of North Texas; Denton, TX. Photo from The Houston Daily Post. (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 18 February 1897, MAILABLE EDITION, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.39k | NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON IN ACTION FIRING OFF $1,000,000 WORTH OF POWDER AND SHELL IN AN HOUR Iowa (BB-4), Ericsson (TB-2), Porter (TB-6), Indiana (BB-1), Texas, Maine, New York (ACR-2), Amphitrite (BM-2) , Terror (M-4), Raleigh (C-8). Drawn by an expert marine artist from exact details. The line of battle is that described by Captain Mahan. | Image and text provided by Montana Historical Society; Helena, MT. Photo from The Anaconda Standard. (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 16 May 1897, Image 16, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NR | WHAT WOULD HAPPEN SHOULD WE FIGHT WITH SPAIN Here Are the Secret Plans of the United States Government in case of War With the Spaniards, the First Time Told. Just Where Our Ships of War and Troops Would Be Located if We Took a Hand in the Cuban Trouble. Pictured among the vessels are the New York (CA-2), Indiana (BB-1), Texas, Massachusetts (BB-2), Columbia (C-12), Iowa (BB-4) & Maine. | Image and text provided by Montana Historical Society; Helena, MT. Photo from The Anaconda Standard. (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 16 January 1898, Morning, Image 15, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
75k | "Assembling the Fleet at Key West -- Sunday Service on the Battleship Texas." Colored print after a painting by Howard Chandler Christy, March 1898, copyright 1898 by P.F. Collier. Ship in the left background is the cruiser New York. |
Collections of the Navy Department, purchased from Lawrence Lane, 1970. Navy Curator Accession #: 70-638-A, # NH 71830-KN. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NR | READY TO FREE CUBA AT THE WORD FROM CONGRESS New York (CA-2), Columbia (C-12), Indiana (BB-1), Ericsson (TB-02), Texas, Montgomery (C-09), Iowa (BB-4), Cushing (TB-01), & Massachusetts (BB-2). | Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA. Photo from The Herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 27 March 1898, Image 19, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
115k | Painting entitled "Before the War" by Carlton T. Chapman, depicting the U.S. North Atlantic Squadron anchored in Hampton Roads, Virginia, circa late March or early April 1898. Iowa (BB-4) is seen very distantly, and partially, on the right side of the image. Ships present are (left to right: New York (CA-2), Indiana (BB-1), Texas, Massachusetts (BB-2), Columbia (C-12) and Iowa. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 78627-KN, courtesy of the Navy Art Collection, Washington, DC. Donation of Capt. R.G. Colbert, USN. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NR | THE BATTLESHIP TEXAS STRIPPED FOR A FIGHT No gladiator ever looked more fit for a combat than the Texas as she steamed into Hampton Roads and cast anchor with the flying squadron. The Texas and the Massachusetts (BB-2) are designed to do the heavy fighting, and it is figured that the new flying squadron is amply sufficient to oppose the one coming from Cadiz. The machinery of the Texas was made by the Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works and has never given the least cause for complaint. |
Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA. Photo from The Times.(Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 17 April 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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1.10k | UNITED STATES WARSHIPS COMPOSING THE SQUADRON AT HAMPTON ROADS BROOKLYN (ACR-3), TEXAS, COLUMBIA (C-12), MINNEAPOLIS (C-13) & MASSACHUSETTS (BB-2). |
Image and text provided by University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Photo from Daily Public Ledger. (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 22 March 1898, Image 3, & The National Tribune. (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 21 April 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. Photo from Colliers History of the Spanish American War, pub. 1898.,courtesy of Dan Wilmes. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
39k | Original photograph of "Assembling the Fleet at Key West -- Sunday Service on the Battleship Texas." Note the women on the left side. Ship in the left background is the cruiser New York. | Submitted by Ray Kallman, courtesy of the Library of Congress as # LC-D428-765. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
98k | Captain John W. Philip commanded Texas during the Spanish-American War. | National Historical Center Photo # NH 92017 submitted via Bill Gonyo. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
242k | LCDR. Giles B. Harber was the Executive Officer of the battleship Texas in 1898. | Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress via Bill Gonyo. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
677k | OUR NAVY AS IT IS TODAY 1. Monadnock (BM-3) . 2. Petrel. 3. Puritan (BM-1) . 4. Concord. 5. Wilmington. 6. Amphitrite (BM-2) . 7. Ajax. 8. Machias. 9. Cincinnati. 10. Marblehead. 1 1. Montgomery. 12. Minneapolis. 13. Kearsarge (BB-5). 14. Kentucky (BB-6). 15. Bancroft. 16. Dolphin. 17. Vesuvius. 18. Raleigh. 19. Indiana (BB-1). 20. Iowa (BB-4). 21. Olympia. 22. Terror (M-4). 23. Catskill . 24. Miantonomah (BM-5). 25. Gustine. 26. Yorktown. 27. Texas. 28. Helena. 29. Massachusetts (BB-2). 30. Columbia. 31. New Orleans, 32. San Francisco. 33. Canonicus . 34. Camanche . 35. Monterey (BM-6). 36. Brooklyn. 37. Detroit 38. Atlanta. 39. Alabama (BB-8). 40. Albany. 41. Baltimore. 42. Chicago. 43. Newark, 44. Boston. 45. Charleston. 46. Oregon (BB-3). 47. New York. 48. Manhattan. 49. Philadelphia. 50. Lehigh. And Torpedo Boats. Drawn by "W. A. Verhas. | Image and text provided by University of Tennessee. Photo by The Maryville Times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 28 May 1898, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
texas22 | 896k | Texas at Cob Dock, Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City, undated. | Photo courtesy of New York Historical Society via Daniel Hacker. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NR | BURIAL SERVICE TO A MINOR CHORUS OF SPANISH BULLETS Obsequies of Surgeon Gibbs, Sergeant Smith and the Two Privates Killed at Caimanera, Conducted During a Sharp Attack. When the Shots of the Enemy Sounded, Chaplain Jones of the Battleship Texas, Missing No Word of the Funeral Service, Changed His Position So That the Mound of Earth Turned to Make the Grave Was Between Him and the Line of Fire THE RFV HENRY W JONES Chaplain of the United States Battleship Texas Who Read the Burial Service Over the Dead Marines at Guantanamo While the Second Battle Was in progress. |
PDF Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA & University of North Texas; Denton, TX. Photo from The Herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 01 July 1898, Image 3 & Insert PDF The Houston Daily Post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 19 June 1898, Mailable Edition, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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629k | TORPEDO BOAT TERROR SUNK Searchlight of the Texas Found Her and the Guns of the Fleet Sent Her Down | Image and text provided by University of North Texas; Denton, TX. Photo from The Houston Daily Post., (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 08 June 1898, Mailable Edition, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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658k | Captain "Jack" Philip, on the old Texas at the victory of Santiago, his decks littered with wounded Spanish sailors, to his own men: "Don't cheer, boys; the poor fellows are dying." | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 22 December 1918, Image 53, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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770k | A Spanish mine that was taken up in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is shown on the deck of US Navy battleship Texas. | USN photo #Photo LC-DIG-DET-4A14780 by Edward H. Hart and published by the Detroit Publishing Company. Photographed between 1898-1901, courtesy of the Library of Congress, from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, courtesy of flickr.com. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
650k | Texas with searchlight from Vizcaya, replacing one destroyed during the battle. | Photo LC-DIG-DET-4A14778 by Edward H. Hart and published by the Detroit Publishing Company. Photographed between 1898-1901, courtesy of the Library of Congress, from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, courtesy of flickr.com. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NR | OFFICERS OF THE BATTLESHIP TEXAS. | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The National Tribune. (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 16 June 1898, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.07k | Texas Crew. | Lot 3000-H-18 by the Detroit Publishing Company. Photographed between 1898-1901, courtesy of the Library of Congress, from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, courtesy of flickr.com. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NR | BOMBARDMENT OF SANTIAGO FROM PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING THE ENGAGEMENT MASSACHUSETTS (BB-2), MARBLEHEAD (C-11). IOWA (BB-4), ENTRANCE TO HARBOR OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA OREGON (BB-3) COOLING HER GUNS. NEW YORK (ACR-02), DOLPHIN TEXAS, BROOKLYN (ACR-03), YANKEE & NEW ORLEANS. | Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo from The Herald.(Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 24 June 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5.06k | Destruction of Admiral Pascual Cervera's Spanish Fleet. Created by Kurz & Allison, 22 July 1898. | USN photo # Photo LC-DIG-PGA-03912 courtesy of the Library of Congress, from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, courtesy of flickr.com. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
791k | Grave of Cervera's fleet, Santiago de Cuba. | Photo LC-DIG-det-4a05442 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
457k | Wreck of the Reina Mercedes at Santiago harbor, 1898. | Photo LC-D4-21534 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
599k | The Oquendo and Maria Teresa, aground and burning, Battle of Santiago, 1898. | Photo LC-DIG-det-4a15176 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
564k | Wreck of the Maria Teresa, Battle of Santiago, 1898. | Photo LC-D4-21524 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
321k | Explosion of the Vizcaya, Battle of Santiago, 1898. | Photo LC-DIG-det-4a15179 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
010499v | 1.62k | Battle of Santiago, 1898 The Vizcaya while attempting to cross the route of the Texas and Iowa (BB-4) receives a shell aft, blowing up the powder magazine. |
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250k | Wreck of the Vizcaya, Battle of Santiago, 1898. | Photo LC-DIG-det-4a15182 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NR | WRECK OF SPAIN'S CRACK BATTLESHIP, THE VIZCAYA Battleships as Told by Special Photographs. No Words Could So Eloquently Convey the Effects of a Heavy storm of Modern Naval Projectiles as These Photographs of the Splendid Ship That Was Once Spain's and Now Is Ours by Right of Conquest. All the Pictures on This Page Are Different | Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 21 August 1898, Image 23, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
900k | Texas quarter deck after Battle of Santiago, whitened by saltpetre [i.e. saltpeter] from guns. | Photo by Edward Hart, Detroit Publishing Company Photo by Edward H. Hart, # 4a14776v from lcweb2.loc.gov. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
237k | SHOT HOLE IN SIDE OF THE TEXAS | Photo courtesy of Colliers History of the Spanish American War, in 1898, and submitted by Daniel Wilmes. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
591k | EFFECT OF A SPANISH SHELL ON THE TEXAS . When this shell struck the American battleship, Captain Philip was standing on the bridge. He immediately sent the officers with him to places of greater safety, but himself remained at his exposed post.... | Image and text provided by Central Michigan University, Clark Historical Library. Photo from The Copper Country Evening News.(Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 28 July 1898, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
69k | THE BATTLESHIP TEXAS The Texas arrived at New York yesterday to go into dry dock for cleaning and repairs. | Image and text provided by State Historical Society of Missouri; Columbia, MO. Photo from Kansas City Journal. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 01 August 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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texas37 | 1.10k | Stern view of the Texas at Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City,. | Photo courtesy of New York Historical Society via Daniel Hacker. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
66k | Crewmen pose in front of the battleship's port side (forward) 12"/35 gun, 1898. This view looks aft, with boat stowage and a winch at the left. Original photograph was printed on a stereographic card by Strohmeyer & Wyman, New York, 1898. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 93700. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
191k | The home-coming of the fleet -- with the Texas in view at the naval parade, New York, 20 August 1898. | Photo # J239186 U.S. Copyright Office. Digital ID: cph 3c03140. Source: Library of Congress, Photographer: Edward H. Hart.:Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1898 September 3, p. 864. Photo courtesy of Bill Gonyo. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3.44k | GLORIOUS HOME-COMING OF THE SANTIAGO SQUADRON THE GREAT NAVAL PARADE ON THE HUDSON. JUST BEFORE IT REACHED CASTLE WILLIAM, FROM WHICH THE FIRST SALUTE WAS FIRED GUNS OF SAMPSON'S SHIPS THUNDER IN PEACEFUL WATERS |
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NR | ADMIRAL SAMPSON'S VICTORIOUS FLEET FIRING A SALUTE AT GRANT'S TOMB. New York gave a royal welcome to the victorious squadron of Rear Admiral William T. Sampson. When the armored cruiser New York (ACR-02), the flagship of Rear Admiral Sampson; the armored cruiser Brooklyn (ACR-3), the flagship of Rear Admiral Schley; the formidable battleships Massachusetts (BB-2), Oregon (BB-3), Iowa (BB-4), Indiana (BB-1) and Texas began their parade through New York bay and up the North river, they were surrounded by a monster fleet of excursion boats and tugs profusely decorated with Old Glory. The battle scarred ships were also decked with bunting, and as they steamed slowly along they were greeted by the booming of cannons from the pleasure yachts and the shrill shrieks of the whistles of the excursion fleet. Proceeding up the North river, the New York floating Rear Admiral Sampson's flag, was in the lead. Then came the mammoth cruiser Brooklyn, with Rear Admiral Schley's new flag floating proudly at her fore truck, and, following the Brooklyn in the order named, were the Massachusetts, the Oregon, the Iowa, the Indiana and the Texas. When the fleet of cruisers and battleships reached Grant's tomb, the guns that spoke at Santiago were again heard in a grand national salute of 21 guns. | Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo from The Record-Union. (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 26 August 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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761k | THE BATTLESHIP TEXAS AS SHE APPEARS IN THE HARBOR AT GALVESTON | Image and text provided by University of North Texas; Denton, TX. Photo from The Houston Daily Post., (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 15 February 1899, MAILABLE EDITION, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
60k | Oil on canvas painting entitled "Return of the Conquerors, 29 September 1899", by the artist Edward Moran (1829-1901), which appears in the collections of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, Maryland, features the Texas, Indiana (BB-1), Massachusetts (BB-2), Oregon (BB-3), Iowa (BB-4) and other ships of the victorious U.S. fleet. | Partial text and drawing courtesy of USNI. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NR | ADMIRAL DEWEY HEADS A MOST MAGNIFICENT MARINE PAGEANT More Than Three Million Spectators Witness the Passing of the Nation's Hero on the Bridge of the Olympia (C-6), Followed by a Great Fleet of Warships and a Thousand Vessels of Peace Ships in Water Pageant Passing in Review Before Dewey on the Olympia, Off Grant's Tomb On the port beam of the Olympia was the escorting ship Sandy Hook, with the Mayor and other dignitaries aboard, and in her wake at intervals of 400 yards, stretched out a mile long, were the great towering warships, the armored cruiser New York (ACR-2), the battleships Indiana (BB-1) and Massachusetts (BB-2), the cruiser Brooklyn, second-class battleship Texas, the old wooden frigate Lancaster, the gunboat Marietta (Gunboat-15) and the Chicago (CA-14), the flagship of the South Atlantic squadron. | Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo & text by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 30 September 1899, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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100k | Texas at anchor off Grant's Tomb in September, 1899. | Photo courtesy of The Detroit Publishing Company as # det 4a14755v & now in the archives of the Library of Congress, (LOC) # LC-D4-20992, courtesy of Mike Green. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NR | THE MAINE'S MARTYR HEROES The Battleship Texas Brings Their Remains to Hampton Roads. | Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library & Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA. Photo from Deseret Evening News. (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 23 December 1899, Part 5, Image 40, & Virginian-Pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 27 December 1899, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
819k | Stereoscope photograph of Texas in drydock. | Photo courtesy of Thomas Becher. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2.45k | Texas in dry dock, between 1895 and 1901. | Detroit Publishing Company Photo by Edward H. Hart. Photo LC-DIG-det-4a14756 courtesy of loc.gov. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
911k | Starboard broadside view of the Texas at anchor ca. 1900 at an unknown location. | Photo courtesy of The Detroit Publishing Company as # det 4a05054v & now in the archives of the Library of Congress, (LOC) # LC-D4-5756, courtesy of Mike Green. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.07k | Texas and the Whisper, circa 1900. | Photo LC-DIG-det-4a05055 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
41k | Crewmen pose with mascot dog and cat at the muzzle of one of the ship's 12"/35 guns. The original photograph was copyrighted in 1900 by R.Y. Young, and published as a lightly color-tinted semi- transparency stereographic card by the American Stereoscopic Co., New York. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 100333. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
texas11d | 2.21k | Waterfront of Navy Yard from cluster of piles at angle opposite Texas at the Norfolk Navy Yard, on March 1901. | National Archives Identifier: 52555387 Local Identifier: 181-V-0115 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov |
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NR | DANGEROUS EXPLOSION ON BATTLESHIP TEXAS The battleship Texas had a narrow escape from being blown up yesterday afternoon. She left the Portsmouth navy yard yesterday morning and went out to the capes where gun practice was held. Two of the large turret guns exploded, filling the gun room with glycerin and water, but the magnificent work of the gunners saved the vessel from serious damage, as well as the lives of those on board. The ship returned to Old Point this afternoon and a special inspection on board is making an examination of the injury. |
Image and text provided by Montana Historical Society; Helena, MT. Photo from The Butte Inter Mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 29 November 1902, Evening, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NR | BATTLESHIP TEXAS IS AGAIN AFLOAT AFTER TWO YEARS' REST AT NORFOLK UNCLE SAM'S BATTLESHIP TEXAS WHICH IS AGAIN IN COMMISSION AFTER UNDERGOING REPAIRS AT THE NORFOLK NAVY YARD. THE WARSHIP WAS SENT TO THE YARD TWO YEARS AGO TO BE OVERHAULED AND STRENGTHENED. |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 17 November 1902, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.14k | Port broadside view of the Texas at anchor in 1903 at an unknown location. | Photo courtesy of The Detroit Publishing Company as # det 4a15346v & now in the archives of the Library of Congress, (LOC) # LC-D4-21716, courtesy of Mike Green. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
973k | BATTLESHIP TEXAS IS BACK AT NEW YORK The United States battleship Texas crossed the bar early this morning on the way up the river. She was cheered on all sides as she steamed away, and the scene was one in which spontaneous and involuntary enthusiatsm played a marked part. The Texas made a fine appearance and her progress was majestic and imposing. |
Image and text provided by Montana Historical Society; Helena, MT. Photo from The Butte Inter Mountain. (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 18 February 1903, Image 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2.63k | Texas at Brooklyn Navy Yard, probably in mid May 1903, beyond her is Kearsarge (BB-5) and a Indiana class, either Indiana (BB-1) or Massachusetts (BB-2). The Auxiliary Cruiser Buffalo appears on the right, in the center is an Illinois class (Illinois (BB-7) or Alabama (BB-8). |
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1.02k | The southern part of Texas is viewed here at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, beside her is the Kearsarge (BB-5). Photo shows on the left, with 4 stacks, the protected cruiser Columbia. | Detroit Publishing Company Photo by Edward H. Hart. Photo LC-DIG-det-4a15443 courtesy of loc.gov. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2.30k | Venezuela circa 1904. American fleet at La Guaira. The Gunboat/Cruiser at the far left is of the Denver Class (C-14/19) The other 2 ships, nearest center and farthest out, are two of the three Montgomery Class Gunboats/Cruisers (C-9/11). All three ships have different scroll work on their bows and based on that the nearest is the Montgomery (C-9). The other is probably the Detroit (C-10) as the Marblehead (C-11) was on the west coast in 1904 when the photo was probably taken. Why 1904 - the presence of the Montgomery, which was decommissioned in September of that year, and the Denver class ship, which were all commissioned in 1904 (though not Galveston (C-17) (October ) or Chattanooga (C-16) (November ) to late to be with Montgomery in S. Amer.) The two 2-stacker's on the left are the Raleigh (C-8) and Cincinnati (C-7); the 2-stacker farthest away from the camera is the Newark (C-7), and the single-stacker is the Texas. In front of the Texas is the armored cruiser New York (ACR-2) (3 stacks). At right is the armored cruiser Brooklyn (ACR-3) (also with three stacks). | Photo i.d. courtesy of Chuck Haberlein & Chris Hoehn. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by Edward Hart, Detroit Publishing Company, # 4a05686a, courtesy of shorpy.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
365k | Hoisting torpedo aboard the Texas. | Photo courtesy of Tommy Trampp. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NR | MIMIC WAR RAGES ALONG THE HISTORIC SHORES OF THE CHESAPEAKE. FORTS IN THE BAY PLAY HAVOC WITH DICKINS' VESSELS TEXAS AFOUL OF A MINE | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.] 1902-1939, 12 June 1905, Evening, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
851k | SCATHLESS THROUGH SANTIAGO FIGHT, HERO MEETS DEATH BY PISTOL SHOT EX-SERGT JAMES A WHALEN, OF BATTLESHIP TEXAS Hero Died Tuesday of Bullet Wound Inflicted by Deputy Sheriff William A Embrey and Whose Funeral Took Place Friday | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.] 1902-1939, 19 November 1905, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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NR | NEW BATTLESHIP DELAWARE (BB-28) AND THE OLD BATTLESHIP TEXAS COMPARED SEAFIGHTER POWERFUL ENOUGH TO OVERCOME FIVE LIKE THE TEXAS | Image and text provided by University of Delaware Library, Newark, DE. Photo from Evening Journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 23 February 1907, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NR | Old Texas Navy Hoodoo to Fight No More She Will Shortly Go to Charleston as a Training Ship |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times., 1902-1939, 14 July 1906, Last Edition, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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NR | Some Commanders and Men Who Will Take Part In the First Armed Expedition to Occupy Cuba CREW OF THE BATTLESHIP TEXAS | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times., 1902-1939, 30 September 1906, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.08k | The Texas, which cost the United States $4,202,000 and which was one of the victorious fleet at Santiago, is so far behind the times that with twenty-five other well known vessels of the navy it is to be discarded from the line. It is only two sevenths the size of the Florida (BB-30). | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 24 April 1910, Image 21, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.07k | NEW YORK AND TEXAS NAMES OF TWO NEW BATTLESHIPS Washington, December 16. New York and Texas are the names of the two new battleships authorized at the last session of congress. Texas will be the name of the vessel which, as provided by the last naval bill, will be constructed by a private contractor while the New York dreadnought will be built by the government at the New York navy yard. This selection of names for the two most powerful vessels in the United States navy, which was made by Secretary of the Navy Meyer, will necessitate the changing of the designations of two warships already in commission, for at present there is the Texas, a second class battleship, which will be renamed San Marcos in honor of a city of Texas. Her displacement is only 6,315 tons, while the new Texas will be of 27,000 tons displacement. The present cruiser New York will be rechristened the Manhattan. The New Hampshire (BB-25), one of the crack ships of Uncle Sam's navy, will be a dwarf beside the New York and the Texas. The two new battleships will be nearly 10,000 tons heavier. | Image and text provided by University of Florida. Photo from the The Pensacola Journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 17 December 1910, Image 6, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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857k | 1st photo of 4 photo PDF of the San Marcos [Ex-Texas] prior to being fired upon by New Hampshire (BB-25) in ordnance tests in Chesapeake Bay, March 1911. Note that the old battleship has had canvas screens rigged to increase her target area. The remaining 3 photos show the results of the firing. | Source: Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 73106 via Mike Green. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
131k | San Marcos, circa March 1911, after being used as a target ship. | Courtesy of Michael Hughes. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2.02k | OLD "HOODOO" BATTLESHIP TEXAS TO BE RIDDLED WITH SHOT MARCH 20 AS TARGET FOR THE NEW HAMPSHIRE (BB-25) | Image and text provided by State Historical Society of North Dakota. Photo by Bismarck Daily Tribune. (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 19 March 1911, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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450k | NEW BATTLESHIP TEXAS (BB-35) SEEN PROM THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE. This 37,000 ton superdreadnought, most efficient of the first line, gained many of her records in firing at the wreck of the old Texas (renamed the San Marcos) in Chesapeake Bay. The photograph is one of the most unusual ever taken. REMNANTS OF THE OLD TEXAS, TARGET USED IN FIRE CONTROL TESTS OF THE NEW NAVY. NOTE THE OLD MILITARY MAST, THOUGH RIDDLED BY SHELL FIRE STILL IS STANDING, WHILE AT THE RIGHT THE BASE ONLY OF ONE OF THE NEW BASKET MASTS IS LEFT. | Photo by Enrique Mueller Jr. Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation Photo by The Sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 07 January 1917, Section 4 Pictorial Magazine, Image 47, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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897k | Navy's Pace Emphasized by Scrapping of Fleet's Erstwhile Giants | Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. Photo by The Sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 15 June 1919, Section 7 Magazine Section, Image 82, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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Damage on the San Marcos - This deck winch was blown over the 12-Inch gun from the other side of the deck. |
Photo by Lt.Cdr. Radford Moses, US Naval reserve via USNIP, 1938. Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. |
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PDF of 8 long range images of the shelling of San Marcos by New Hampshire (BB 25). |
Photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. |
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Examining hits on the San Marcos between firings. |
Photo courtesy of David Wright |
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No plow ran this furrow - the deck of the San Marcos after being traversed by a heavy projectile. |
Photo by Lt.Cdr. Radford Moses, US Naval reserve via USNIP, 1938. Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. |
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The armor defeats the projectile - note the position of the projectile nose. |
Photo by Lt.Cdr. Radford Moses, US Naval reserve via USNIP, 1938. Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. |
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San Marcos being towed to Tangier Sound, 1911. |
Photo by Lt.Cdr. Radford Moses, US Naval reserve via USNIP, 1938. Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. |
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The San Marcos marked by shell holes. |
Photo courtesy of David Wright.
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View of San Marcos, circa March 1911, showing the results of target practice, most likely from the Kansas (BB-21). The officers and crew are also most probably from the Kansas. |
Photo courtesy of Michael Hughes. |
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View of San Marcos, circa March 1911, showing the results of target practice, on the deck, most likely from the Kansas (BB-21). The officers and crew are also most probably from the Kansas. |
Photo courtesy of Michael Hughes. |
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Searchlight Turned on Wreck of Texas |
Navy May Be Muckraked for Sinking Ship Only photograph of the destruction of the San Marcos, formerly the battleship Texas. The picture shows a close view of the midsection of the port side of the Texas and the havoc wrought by the fire of the Kansas (BB-21). Senator Perkins has demanded from the secretary of the navy an explanation why the battleship, that cost $4,000,000, was wantonly destroyed in target practice. Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. |
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 31 March 1911, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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Poor Old San Marcos (nee Texas) to be Annihilated by Shots from Monitor Tallahassee (M-9) (nee Florida). |
Image and text provided by Oklahoma Historical Society. | Photo courtesy of Tulsa Daily World. (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 14 April 1911, MORNING EDITION, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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Demolishing of the Battleship San Marcos, Formerly the Texas, in Chesapeake Bay. |
Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. | Photo from The Logan Republican. (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 22 April 1911, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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WITH THE FLEET AT TARGET PRACTICE | THE CONNECTICUT (BB-18) FIRING A BROADSIDE AT THE SAN MARCOS IN CHESAPEAKE BAY Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. | Photo from Evening Star. (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 06 April 1912, Image 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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Armor plate from the Texas at the Illinois state fair in Springfield, circa 1915. |
Photo courtesy of Tommy Trampp. |
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THIS WAS ONCE THE PRIDE OF THE NAVY |
But by the time the naval rookies who have just returned from the citizens' training cruise got through battering the old battleship Texas during target practice in Chesapeake Bay, it looked more like a Verdun factory. Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. | Photo from Evening Public Ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 12 September 1916, Night Extra, Image 16, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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HITTING TARGET AT 20.000 YARDS IS FEAT OF BIG GUNS |
Hitting a target at 20,000 yards with fourteen inch guns probably will put our navy above all others. That's what the dreadnoughts Pennsylvania (BB-38) and Oklahoma (BB-37) did in Chesapeake bay. The target was the hulk of the San Marcos, formerly the battleship Texas. No. 1. Pennsylvania, No. 2 Oklahoma's fourteen inch guns. No.3 San Marcos pierced by a shell. Image and text provided by University of Nevada Las Vegas University Libraries. |
Photo from The Goldfield News and Weekly Tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 23 September 1916, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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General William Mitchell and the 1st Provisional Air Brigade. |
USN photo # Lot-6095-1 from the album entitled, First Provisional Air Brigade, Langley Field, Hampton, Virginia, 1921. From the William Mitchell Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com |
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100lb demotion – Martin aircraft, with MK.20 rack and Mk.1 bomb. |
USN photo # Lot-6095-4 from the album entitled, First Provisional Air Brigade, Langley Field, Hampton, Virginia, 1921. From the William Mitchell Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com |
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Anti-Ship Bombing Demonstration, 16 June 1921. |
Final Tryout: Bombing tests on San Marcos. 300 Demolition, Mk16 on DH aircraft, Mk1 bomb. First Practice with 300 demolition bombs on San Marcos. USN photo # Lot-6095-9 from the album entitled, First Provisional Air Brigade, Langley Field, Hampton, Virginia, 1921. From the William Mitchell Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com |
83k | Ex-Alabama (BB-8) showing the effect of a phosphorus bomb, while serving as a target for U.S. Army bombers in Chesapeake Bay, 27 September 1921. An Army Martin twin-engine bomber is flying overhead. Also visible, in the foreground, is a Navy F5L seaplane. Wrecks in the distance are the old battleships San Marcos (furthest to the left) and Indiana (BB-1). This photograph has been hand-tinted in colors.
| Photograph # NH 263-KN, from the collections of the United States Naval Historical Center. | 203k | Indiana (BB-1) serving as a target for U.S. Army bombers in Chesapeake Bay, 27 September 1921. The San Marcos lies to her right. | Digital ID: # 29629v, LC-F82-5197. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. |
376k | A guest studies a painting depicting the history of battleships. The artwork was painted by George Skybeck and presented to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association during their annual banquet at Honolulu, Hawaii, on 8 December 1991.
| USN photo # DN-SC-92-05391, by PHC Carolyn Harris, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. |
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The wreck of the San Marcos poses navigational hazards to shipping years after her demise. |
Photo and PDF courtesy of Ron Reeves (of blessed memory) |
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Commanding Officers | |||
01 | CAPT. Glass, Henry, USN (USNA 1863) :RADM | 15.08.1895 - 18.10.1897 | |
02 | CAPT. Philip, John Woodward (Jack), USN (USNA 1861) | 18.10.1897 - 29.08.1898 | |
03 | CAPT. Sigsbee, Charles Dwight, USN (USNA 1863) :ADM | 10.04.1899 - 30.11.1900 | |
04 | CDR. Gibson, William Comrie, CDR USN | 30.11.1900 - 03.01.1902 | |
05 | CAPT. Swinburne, William Thomas, USN (USNA 1866) | 03.11.1902 - ? | |
06 | CDR. Clark, George Ramsey, USN (USNA 1878) :RADM | 00.09.1906 - 00.08.1907 | |
07 | LT. Ozburn, Thomas Lindorf, USN (USNA 1902) | 01.09.1908 - ? | |
08 | LTjg. Davis, Louis Poisson, USN (USNA 1905) | 00.00.1908 - ? | |
09 | CDR. Key, Lenoir Albert, USN (USNA 1882) | 26.09.1910 - 11.02.1911 |
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