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Tuesday 2 August 2022

Completion status of the American USS battleship Texas on 30 June 1911



New York-class

Name superintending constructor T.G. Roberts, contract signed on 17 December 1910, expiration of contract period on 17 December 1913, lines faired on 16 January 1911, first hull material ordered on 4 January 1911, keel laid down on 17 April 1911, first frame erected on 21 April 1911 and estimated degree of completion on 30 June 1911 19.3%.(1)

Note

1. BB-35. Part of New York-class, preceded by Wyoming-class, succeeded by Nevada-class, ordered on 24 June 1910, launched by Newport News Shipbuilding on 18 May 1912, commissioned on 12 March 1914, decommissioned on 21 April 1948, stricken on 30 April 1948 and nowadays a museum ship.

Source

Annual reports of the Navy Department for the fiscal year 1911. Washington, 1912. Report of Chief Bureau of Construction and Repair dated 24 October 1911. The annual fiscal year ended 30 June 1911.

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