USS Texas (BB-35) is an American battleship laid down in 1911, launched in May 1912 and commissioned into the US Navy in March 1914. The length of the ship was 175 m, the width at the time of launching was 29 m, and the total displacement was 28,800 tons. The maximum speed of the battleship USS Texas was about 21-22 knots. The main armament consisted of 10 guns of 356 mm caliber in five towers, two guns in each, and the auxiliary - mainly 21 guns of 127 mm caliber. USS Texas was the second and last battleship of the New York class. Battleships of this type were essentially improved units of the Wyoming type. The main change was the use of larger-caliber main artillery (356 mm instead of 305 mm). On the contrary, the structure of the armor was close to the Wyoming type and did not correspond to the "all or nothing" principle. In general, the battleships of the "New York" class had good artillery armament, strong armor, but a low maximum speed. The ship USS Texas (BB-35) spent a large part of 1917 undergoing major repairs at bases on the east coast of the United States. It was not until February 1918 that it joined the British Grand Fleet operating in the North Sea, but it did not have time to take part in any major engagements with the Hochseeflotte. Instead, he was present at its surrender in November 1918 at the Firth of Forth. USS Texas spent the beginning of the interwar period in the Pacific Fleet, performing numerous representative functions in the meantime. He finally returned to the Atlantic in 1937. With the beginning of the next world war, he operated mainly in the Atlantic, covering American convoys headed for Great Britain. In 1942, she continued her escort duty, but achieved their cover of South Africa and Guadalcanal in the Pacific. In November of the same year (1942), it was assigned as a cover for the landing of Allied forces in North Africa (Operation "Torch"). For a significant part of 1943-1944, he continued convoy duty, but in June 1944 he took part in Operation Overlord, that is, the Allied landings in Normandy, and in July of the same year in the Allied landings in southern France (Operation Dragon). In 1945, he was redirected to the Pacific Ocean and took part in operations against Iwo Jima and Okinawa. USS Texas was decommissioned in 1948 and is now a museum ship.
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