What You Need to Know: The USS Texas (BB-35), a storied battleship that served in both World Wars, faces an uncertain future. Despite a recent $60 million overhaul, it has no permanent home. -The ...

Summary and Key Points: Efforts to preserve the USS Texas, the only surviving battleship to have served in both world wars, are ongoing, but finding a permanent home for the ship remains a challenge. ...

The last surviving battleship to have served in both World Wars has secured a new permanent home at Galveston’s Pier 15, following extensive restoration and amid local controversy. Work is almost ...

The most powerful weapon in the world in 1914, are the words used to describe the famous USS Texas, a massive US Navy New York-class battleship which served in both WWI and WWII. The ship, which is ...

The Port of Galveston board of trustees voted Tuesday to approve a proposed set of terms with the Battleship Texas Foundation, which represents the possible final hurdle before the century-old warship ...

The Battleship Texas, or BB-35, is much more than one of the last U.S. warships still afloat to have served in both world wars. It's also the biggest public-opinion lightning rod in recent Galveston ...

Hunter Miertschin helps secure a rope on the USS Texas in August 2022 in La Porte. The vessel, which was commissioned in 1914 and served in both World War I and World War II, was towed down the ...

Neither side wants to see the Battleship Texas leave Galveston, Galveston Wharves port director and CEO Rodger Rees said last week. However, the parties negotiating a long-term lease for the ...

GALVESTON, Texas — We're looking back at the history of Battleship Texas, which is on the brink of its next chapter following a $75 million overhaul. We visited the Texas as crews continued working to ...

The glass is half-full: After months of planning, $17.5 million in desperately needed repairs aboard the USS Texas are set to begin. The glass is half-empty: Even after the current fixes are achieved, ...

Robert Larson was an 18-year-old high school graduate with a horn when he joined the U.S. Navy on Nov. 22, 1942, to play in the band on ships. Larson was a Musician 2nd Class, assigned to the band on ...