Three ships of the United States Navy have borne (and a fourth will soon bear) the name USS Texas, in honor of Texas, a region that, after being taken from its natives by first Spain and then Mexico, and later becoming an independent republic, was admitted to the United States as the 28th state on December 29, 1845.
The first Texas was the Navy's first battleship, which served from 1895 until 1911.
The second Texas (BB-35) was a dreadnought battleship that served in both World Wars.
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USSTexas (BB-35), a New York-class battleship, was the second ship to honor Texas, the 28th state, in the United States Navy.
Texas served in the Pacific until 1924 when she returned to the east coast for overhaul and to participate in a training cruise to European waters with Naval Academy midshipmen embarked.
Texas was towed to San Jacinto State Park where she was decommissioned on 21 April 1948, and turned over to the state of Texas to serve as a permanent memorial.
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