We took a tour on the Battleship Texas. We had a walk thru History as we climbed the decks of the mighty old ship. This battle ship came to life in the early nineteen hundreds. Lunched in 1912 Texas is 1311 ft. long. Top speed was 24 mph. that’s not bad as her load was total gross weight at 34,000 tons. the total crew of 1645 men. This ship has seen duty in WW I & WW II. Fitted for the second world war the guns were changed to 10 Fourteen inch guns with a range of 13 miles. The guns could each shoot a 1,500 lb. round of armor piercing. They could fire off a round every 45 seconds wow that’s pretty quick too. Walking the ship was truly a walk thru history. I wondered if the old girl could talk she would have a lot of stories too. 
I have never been too much for the old history, but you can see I have taken a new interest in it.
You took some great photos. Glad to see you're increasing your knowledge!
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