Tendering of the American battleship USS Texas in 1910

Wyoming-class

New York-class

Neveda-class

The plans and specifications for the battleship 1st class USS Texas (BB-35) of the New York-class, preceded by Wyoming-class, succeeded by Nevada-class, were authorized by the act of Congress dated 24 June 1910 , completed and circular signed by the Acting Secretary of the Navy dated 27 September 1910, bids were opened at the navy department on 1 December 1910. The Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia, USA sent 4 proposals. The proposal with the reciprocating engines to be completed within 3 years building costs 5,830,000 US dollars was accepted and the contract signed on 17 December 1910.

Proposal a: class 1, hull land equipment and Curtis type turbine machinery, department’s plans, costs 5,775,000 US dollar, completed with 3 year, 21 knots speed.

Proposal b: class 1, hull land equipment and Parson’s type turbine machinery, department’s plans, costs 5,790,000 US dollar, completed with 3 year, 21 knots speed.

Proposal c: class 2, hull and equipment, department’s plans, Curtis type turbine machinery bidder design, 5,760,000 US dollar, completed with 3 year, 21 knots speed.  

Proposal d: class 2, hull and equipment, department’s plans, reciprocating machinery bidder design, 5,830,000 US dollar, completed with 3 year, 21 knots speed.  

Laid down by Newport News Shipbuilding on 17 April 1911, launched on 18 May 1912, sponsored by Claudia Lyon, commissioned on 12 March 1914, overhauled between 31 July 1925-23 November 1926, decommissioned on 21 April 1948, stricken on 30 April 1948 and now museum ship.  

Dimensions were 565 (designer’s waterline) x 95.2 5/8 (extreme beam at designer’s waterline) x ± 28.6 (mean draught to bottom of keel at trial displacement) with a trial displacement of 27,000 tons. Weight feed water on trial 213 tons. Maximum coal bunker capacity ±2,850 tons, maximum fuel-oil capacity 400 tons, during the trial coal-fuel oil 2,167 tons, trial speed minimum 21 knots. Armament 10-135.6cm/4” (5x2) 45 cal breech-loading guns, 21(x 1)-12.7cm/5” cal 51 quick firing guns, 4-4.7cm/1.85”/3pd saluting guns, 2-1pd semi-automatic guns for boats, 2-7.62cm/3” field guns, 2-.30 cal machine guns and 4-53.3cm/21” submerged torpedo tubes.  

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