Battleship Texas perhaps finds her final resting place

[varko]

I have taken the Hardhat Tour of the Texas and I highly recommend it.

She actually almost sunk this past summer. The drydock is needed badly.

[rdcrags]

Thanks for posting the letter, TAM. I have had the pleasure of talking to one of the young men going back and forth to Iraq. These kids are impressive all right. My dad repaired and calibrated Norton bombsights in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater during WWII, the big one.

[pcernuch]

sorry if i missed it, but is it available to go see now, well perhaps springtime? my folks took me to see it as a boy and i would love to take my son.

god bless.

[seamusTX]

As far as I know you can still board the ship. Here's the information so that you can call and ask:
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/find ... html#sched" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

- Jim

[Dragonfighter]

I just compared the picture in the OP with an image of the George Washington in the WSJ just now. The tugs look pretty much the same size -- making the GW look like it would hold two of the Texas. Wow!

The same is true for the B-17, B-24 and B-29's. These ladies were the dreadnoughts of the skies during WW II. They pale in comparison to the passenger airliners of today. Did y'all know that these bombers of WW II were driven and crewed by 20-22 year old Americans? Look around you and think about that for a minute or two.

Tom Landry was 19. Paul Wagner was 18. Robert Morgan was only 24 when he and his crew were the first to complete 25 missions. His co-pilot was the oldest member of the crew and the youngest was 18 (though probably not by mission 25).