#043 USS Texas Ship Model
USS Texas (BB-35), the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the state, is a New York-class battleship. The ship was launched on 18 May 1912, and commissioned on 12 March 1914.
Soon after her commissioning, USS Texas saw action in Mexican waters following the “Tampico Incident” and made numerous sorties into the North Sea during World War I. When the United States formally entered World War II in 1941, Texas escorted war convoys across the Atlantic, and later shelled Axis-held beaches for the North African campaign and the Normandy Landings before being transferred to the Pacific Theater late in 1944 to provide naval gunfire support during the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Texas was decommissioned in 1948, having earned a total of five battle stars for service in World War II, and is now a museum ship near Houston, Texas.
Among the world’s remaining battleships, Texas is notable for being the only remaining dreadnought battleship, though she is not the oldest surviving battleship; Mikasa, a pre-dreadnought battleship ordered in 1898, is older than USS Texas. She is also noteworthy for being one of only six remaining ships to have served in both World Wars. Among US-built battleships, USS Texas is notable for her sizable number of firsts:
First US Navy vessel to house a permanently assigned contingent of US Marines
First US battleship to mount anti-aircraft guns
First US ship to control gunfire with directors and range-keepers (analog forerunners of today’s computers)
First US battleship to launch an aircraft from a catapult on Turret 3
One of the first to receive the CXAM-1 version of CXAM production radar in the US Navy
First US battleship to become a permanent museum ship
First battleship declared to be a US National Historic Landmark
This amazingly detailed replica of the USS Texas battleship is 100% hand built from scratch using “plank on frame” construction method and has a hollow hull and hollow superstructure. Real brass, metal fittings, rosewood, mahogany, teak and other exotic woods are used to build the model. The propellers and rudders made from brass. Highly-detailed and multi-layered paint is used to match color of the real ship.
Dimension approx.: 36″ (long) x 7″ (wide) x 12″ (high). Scale 1/200.
The model is already built, NOT a model ship kit
Hand crafted by artisans from scratch using high quality woods & metal fittings
USS Texas (BB-35), the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the state, is a New York-class battleship. The ship was launched on 18 May 1912, and commissioned on 12 March 1914.
Soon after her commissioning, USS Texas saw action in Mexican waters following the “Tampico Incident” and made numerous sorties into the North Sea during World War I. When the United States formally entered World War II in 1941, Texas escorted war convoys across the Atlantic, and later shelled Axis-held beaches for the North African campaign and the Normandy Landings before being transferred to the Pacific Theater late in 1944 to provide naval gunfire support during the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Texas was decommissioned in 1948, having earned a total of five battle stars for service in World War II, and is now a museum ship near Houston, Texas.
Among the world’s remaining battleships, Texas is notable for being the only remaining dreadnought battleship, though she is not the oldest surviving battleship; Mikasa, a pre-dreadnought battleship ordered in 1898, is older than USS Texas. She is also noteworthy for being one of only six remaining ships to have served in both World Wars. Among US-built battleships, USS Texas is notable for her sizable number of firsts:
First US Navy vessel to house a permanently assigned contingent of US Marines
First US battleship to mount anti-aircraft guns
First US ship to control gunfire with directors and range-keepers (analog forerunners of today’s computers)
First US battleship to launch an aircraft from a catapult on Turret 3
One of the first to receive the CXAM-1 version of CXAM production radar in the US Navy
First US battleship to become a permanent museum ship
First battleship declared to be a US National Historic Landmark
This amazingly detailed replica of the USS Texas battleship is 100% hand built from scratch using “plank on frame” construction method and has a hollow hull and hollow superstructure. Real brass, metal fittings, rosewood, mahogany, teak and other exotic woods are used to build the model. The propellers and rudders made from brass. Highly-detailed and multi-layered paint is used to match color of the real ship.
Dimension approx.: 36″ (long) x 7″ (wide) x 12″ (high). Scale 1/200.
The model is already built, NOT a model ship kit
Hand crafted by artisans from scratch using high quality woods & metal fittings
USS Texas (BB-35), the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the state, is a New York-class battleship. The ship was launched on 18 May 1912, and commissioned on 12 March 1914.
Soon after her commissioning, USS Texas saw action in Mexican waters following the “Tampico Incident” and made numerous sorties into the North Sea during World War I. When the United States formally entered World War II in 1941, Texas escorted war convoys across the Atlantic, and later shelled Axis-held beaches for the North African campaign and the Normandy Landings before being transferred to the Pacific Theater late in 1944 to provide naval gunfire support during the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Texas was decommissioned in 1948, having earned a total of five battle stars for service in World War II, and is now a museum ship near Houston, Texas.
Among the world’s remaining battleships, Texas is notable for being the only remaining dreadnought battleship, though she is not the oldest surviving battleship; Mikasa, a pre-dreadnought battleship ordered in 1898, is older than USS Texas. She is also noteworthy for being one of only six remaining ships to have served in both World Wars. Among US-built battleships, USS Texas is notable for her sizable number of firsts:
First US Navy vessel to house a permanently assigned contingent of US Marines
First US battleship to mount anti-aircraft guns
First US ship to control gunfire with directors and range-keepers (analog forerunners of today’s computers)
First US battleship to launch an aircraft from a catapult on Turret 3
One of the first to receive the CXAM-1 version of CXAM production radar in the US Navy
First US battleship to become a permanent museum ship
First battleship declared to be a US National Historic Landmark
This amazingly detailed replica of the USS Texas battleship is 100% hand built from scratch using “plank on frame” construction method and has a hollow hull and hollow superstructure. Real brass, metal fittings, rosewood, mahogany, teak and other exotic woods are used to build the model. The propellers and rudders made from brass. Highly-detailed and multi-layered paint is used to match color of the real ship.
Dimension approx.: 36″ (long) x 7″ (wide) x 12″ (high). Scale 1/200.
The model is already built, NOT a model ship kit
Hand crafted by artisans from scratch using high quality woods & metal fittings