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USS Texas.
Great to see the old girl floating again! My compliments to the funding agency and restoring crew members. (y)
 
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Impressive though a little more info for us furriners might be helpful :D
 
I visited the Texas back in '79, before the restoration. She was impressive then too.
 
I was born in Fort Worth, and first saw USS Texas back in the 1960s. The dreadnought served in WW1 and WW2. That's quite a story!

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USS Texas at the San Jacinto Monument.
 
Just when you think restoring an MG is a big job, somebody does a battleship. How long have they been working on it? It's great to see that someone values history these days.
 
DocDup1 said:
Just when you think restoring an MG is a big job, somebody does a battleship. How long have they been working on it? It's great to see that someone values history these days.
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Around 18 months to get it at the stage it is now, estimate another 24 months to finish it.
 
It is great to see her afloat and looking that good. I was aboard a few years ago and she was showing her age pretty badly.
 
The wife and I did some volunteer work on the USS New Jersey repairing the forward Teak decks many years ago. Some of the decks were in pretty bad shape. Long story how that happened, won't bore you with it! :thumbsup2:
 
PAUL161 said:
The wife and I did some volunteer work on the USS New Jersey repairing the forward Teak decks many years ago. Some of the decks were in pretty bad shape. Long story how that happened, won't bore you with it! :thumbsup2:
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Actually sounds exactly like the story we would enjoy - even if it is the Reader's Digest version
 
Been many years since I was on Texas, before the last serious restoration when it still had the concrete in place of wooden decking. But you know honestly, for long term preservation she probably needs to be some form of dry docked, perhaps with some sort of plastic or metal to simulate water. Otherwise they need to budget for regular maintenance and drydocking for underwater cleaning and repaint to avoid years from now having to deal with the same problems again. As the only one of the WW1 and before builds left, have to be extra careful with her.
 
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