This weekend, the Battleship Texas Foundation will host a welcome-home ceremony for a pair of artifacts from the historic warship that have already had quite the summer. A steel figurine of the ship’s ...

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 ...

Battleship Texas may still be undergoing renovations, but the public will be able to view parts of the ship for the first time since before the pandemic as part of its upcoming Normandy Tour.

(NEXSTAR) — As the 80th anniversary of D-Day nears, the enduring legacy of that pivotal World War II Allied invasion at Normandy continues to resonate worldwide. On the seas, the Navy warship USS ...

Nearly 81 years later, on a clear May morning, I walk the gangplank to the Texas, now moored in the placid waters of the Galveston Ship Channel. For decades, the ship, decommissioned in 1948, was ...

This story has been corrected. The USS Normandy and USS Philippine Sea, both Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers, saw their respective 36 years of service honored at decommissioning ceremonies ...