The USS Texas, prior to the Spanish-American War
Career
Authorized:	3 August 1886
Laid down:	1 June 1889
Launched:	28 June 1892
Commissioned:	15 August 1895
Decommissioned:	1 February 1911
Fate:	gunnery target
General Characteristics
Displacement:	6,316 t
Length:	308.8 ft (94 m)
Beam:	64.1 ft (19.5 m)
Draft:	22.5 ft (6.9 m) mean, 24.5 ft (7.5 m) max
Speed:	17.8 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:	389 officers and men
Armament:	2 x 12 inch (305 mm) guns, 6 x 6 inch (152 mm), 12 x 6 pounders (2.7 kg), 6 x 1 pounders, 4 then 2 (fore and aft tubes removed 1897) x 14 inch (356 mm) torpedo tubes

The United States Navy's first battleship was the first to 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 29 December 1845. The USS Texas (1895), Public domain photo from history. ... The Spanish-American War took place in 1898, and resulted in the United States of America gaining control over the former colonies of Spain in the Caribbean and Pacific. ... The source for an SVG image of the United States Navy jack can be found at USN Jack. ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... (Some entries on this page have been duplicated on August 1. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... HMS Victory in 1884 In naval history, battleships were the most heavily armed and armored warships afloat. ... Prior to 1821, Texas was part of the Spanish colony of New Spain. ... December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Texas was authorized by the U.S. Congress on 3 August 1886. She was built from British plans developed for a design competition. The prize for the winning design was $15,000. August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ...

Her keel was laid down on 1 June 1889, at Portsmouth, Virginia, by the Norfolk Navy Yard. She was launched on 28 June 1892, sponsored by Miss Madge Houston Williams and commissioned on 15 August 1895, with Captain Henry Glass in command. June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Portsmouth (pronounced Port-smith) is an independent city located in Virginia. ... Aerial View of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard, is a U.S. Navy facility in Portsmouth, Virginia, for building, remodeling, and repairing the Navys ships. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... (Some entries on this page have been duplicated on August 1. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The ceremonies involved in commissioning ships into a military force are based in traditions thousands of years old. ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

The Texas had several unlucky incidents including but not limited to flooding and settling to the bottom to her gun deck at dock in New York and also receiving significant damage to her hull in drydocking. During the period between her commissioning and the Spanish American War in 1898 she obtained a reputation as being a jinxed or unlucky ship and earned the nickname "Old Hoodoo".

Assigned to the North Atlantic Squadron, the warship cruised the eastern seaboard of the United States. In February 1897, she left the Atlantic for a brief cruise to the Gulf coast ports of Galveston, Texas, and New Orleans. She resumed Atlantic coast duty in March of 1897 and remained so employed until the beginning of 1898. At that time, she visited Key West, Florida, and the Dry Tortugas en route to Galveston for a return visit which she made in mid-February. Returning to the Atlantic via the Dry Tortugas in March, the warship arrived in Hampton Roads on the 24 March and resumed normal duty with the North Atlantic Squadron. 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Galveston is a city and island located in Galveston County, Texas. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... why did u fuck with my page cock sucker? we are the bubbas BITCH ... Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas The Dry Tortugas are a small group of islands, located at the end of the Florida Keys, USA, about 70 miles or 110 kilometers west of Key West which were discovered in 1513 by Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon. ... Hampton Roads, the worlds greatest harbor, from state map of pre-civil war Virginia circa 1858 Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water and the land areas which surround it in southeastern Virginia in the United States. ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ...

Early in the spring, war between the United States and Spain erupted over conditions in Cuba and the supposed Spanish destruction of the armored cruiser Maine (ACR-1) in Havana harbor in February 1898. By 18 May, under the command of Captain J.W. Philip, Texas was at Key West, readying to prosecute that war. The Spanish-American War took place in 1898, and resulted in the United States of America gaining control over the former colonies of Spain in the Caribbean and Pacific. ... The first USS Maine (ACR-1), a 6682-ton second-class battleship of the United States Navy, was originally designated as Armored Cruiser #1. ... Havana (Spanish: San Cristóbal de La Habana; UN/LOCODE: Habana (CU HAV)) is the capital of Cuba and, with a population of 2. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ...

On 21 May, she arrived off Cienfuegos, Cuba, with the Flying Squadron to blockade the Cuban coast. After a return to Key West for coal, Texas arrived off Santiago de Cuba on 27 May. She patrolled off that port until 11 June on which day she made a reconnaissance mission to Guantanamo Bay. For the next five weeks, she patrolled between Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo Bay. On 16 June, the warship joined Marblehead for a bombardment of the fort on Cayo del Tore in Guantanamo Bay. The two ships opened fire just after 1400 and ceased fire about an hour and 16 minutes later, having reduced the fort to impotency. May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground either by underground mining, open-pit mining or strip mining. ... Santiago de Cuba is the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in eastern Cuba. ... May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... Map of Cuba with location of Guantanamo Bay indicated. ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... The second USS Marblehead (C-11) was an unarmored cruiser in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War and World War I. Marblehead was laid down in October 1890 by City Point Works, Boston, Massachusetts; launched 11 August 1892; sponsored by Mrs. ...

On 3 July, she was steaming off Santiago de Cuba when the Spanish Fleet under Admiral Cervera made a desperation attempt to escape past the American Fleet. Texas immediately took four of the enemy ships under fire. While the battleship's main battery pounded Vizcaya and Colon, her secondary battery joined Iowa and Gloucester in battering two torpedo-boat destroyers. July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... USS Iowa (BB-4) was the first ship commissioned in honor of the 29th state. ... USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and manouverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). ...

The two Spanish destroyers fell out of the action quickly and beached themselves, heavily damaged. One by one, the larger enemy warships also succumbed to the combined fire of the American Fleet. Each, in turn, sheered off toward shore and beached herself. Thus, Texas and the other ships of the Flying Squadron annihilated the Spanish Fleet.

The defeat of Cervera's Fleet helped to seal the doom of Santiago de Cuba. The city fell to the besieging American forces on 17 July, just two weeks after the great American naval victory. The day after the surrender at Santiago, Spain sought peace through the good offices of the French government. Even before the peace protocol was signed in Washington, DC, on 12 August, American ships began returning home. Texas arrived in New York on 31 July. Captain Philip was promoted to Commodore on 10 August 1898. July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 167 days remaining. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July. ... The military rank of commodore is used in some navies for officers who command more than one ship, but are not senior enough to be made admirals. ... August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

In late November, Texas moved south to Hampton Roads where she arrived on 2 December. The warship resumed her peacetime routine patrolling the Atlantic coast of the United States. Though her primary field of operations once again centered on the northeastern coast, she also made periodic visits to such places as San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Havana, Cuba, where her crew could view some of the results of their own ship's efforts in the recent war. December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... San Juan is the capital city of Puerto Rico. ... This article is about the Cuban city. ...

Texas went out of commission briefly in 1901 for repairs at the Norfolk Navy Yard but was commissioned again on 3 November 1902. She served as flagship for the Coast Squadron until 1905. 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Aerial View of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard, is a U.S. Navy facility in Portsmouth, Virginia, for building, remodeling, and repairing the Navys ships. ... November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

By 1908 she had become the station ship at Charleston, South Carolina. On 15 February 1911, her name was changed to San Marcos to allow the name Texas to be assigned to Battleship No. 35. On 10 October 1911, her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register. She was subsequently sunk as a target in Tangier Sound in Chesapeake Bay. 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Motto: Fedes Mores Juraque Curat Nickname: The Holy City, The Palmetto City Location in South Carolina Founded  -Incorporated 1670   County Berkeley County & Charleston County Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr. ... February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... USS Texas (BB-35), a New York-class battleship, was the second ship to honor Texas, the 28th state, in the United States Navy. ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... The Naval Vessel Register (NVR), official inventory of ships and service craft in custody or titled by the United States Navy, traces its origin back to the 1880s. ... Chesapeake Bay - Landsat photo The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. ...

For the other ships of the United States Navy that have borne the name USS Texas, see that index page. The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... 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...