Texas (CGN 39) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE HIP' CRE T DA Q D THE OFFICIAL CREST OF THE USS TEXAS WAS DESIGNED BY MARTHA BELL, A FREE LANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER FROM AUSTIN. THE COLORS CRED, WHITE, AND BLUEJ REPRESENT THE COLORS OF THE STATE FLAG OF TEXAS. THE ANCHOR AND LINE SYMBOLIZE THE NAVY WHILEPTHE LONE STAR SYMBOLIZES THE STATE OF TEXAS. THE ATOMS AND ORBITS WITHIN THE LONE STAR SYMBOLIZE THE NUCLEAR POWER CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SHIP WHILE THE THREE STARS AT THE BOTTOM REPRESENT THE PREVIOUS THREE SHIPS NAMED FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS, ONE WHICH SERVED IN THE TEXAS NAVY. FINALLY, PROUD HERITAGE, PROUD PURPOSE, SYMBOLIZES THE PROUD TRADITION OF PREVIOUS SHIPS NAMED TEXAS AND THE PSHIP'S PROUD PURPOSE TO DEFEND OUR COUNTRY.

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1 I OTHER HIP MED TEXAS THE USS TEXAS QCGN-391 IS THE FIFTH SHIP TO BEAR THE NAME FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS. OF THE PREVIOUS FOUR SHIPS NAMED FOR TEXAS, TWO WERE U.S. NAVY SHIPS AND ONE SERVED IN THE TEXAS NAVY. EACH OF THESE SHIPS HAS LEFT HER MARK IN HISTORY AND TWO HELPED CHANGE THE COURSE OF NAVAL WARFARE AND THE HISTORY OF SEAPOWER. THE FIRST SHIP NAMED FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS WAS A SLOOP OF WAR COMMISSIONED IN THE TEXAS NAVY ON 5 JANUARY 1840. THE TEXAS WAS 125 FEET LONG AND WEIGHED 600 TONS, CONSISTING MAINLY OF HEAVY OAK FRAMES AND COPPER SHEATHING. SHE HAD EIGHTEEN 24-POUND COLUMBIAD GUNS WITH 25 ROUNDS OF SOLID SHOT, 13 OF CANISTER, 12 OF GRAPE, AND POWDER FOR 25 ROUNDS PER GUN. HER COMPLIMENT WAS TO BE 24 OFFICERS AND 147 MEN, BUT SHE WAS NEVER FULLY MANNED. THE TEXAS WAS ALLOWED 30 MUSKETS, 10 PISTOLS, AND 30 CUTLASSES. SHE WAS TO CARRY 8,000 GALLONS OF WATER, A 26-FOOT LAUNCH, AND FOUR SMALLER BOATS. ON APRIL 20, 1840, PRESIDENT LAMAR CHANGED THE NAME OF THE TEXAS TO AUSTIN, AND ON MAY 11, 1846, SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE U.S. NAVY. IN 1848 SHE RAN AGROUND AND BROKE UP. THE SECOND SHIP NAMED TEXAS WAS ORGINALLY A CONFEREATE TWIN-SCREW IRONCLAD RAM. SHE WAS SEIZED BY UNION FORCES IN 1865 and TAKEN TO THE NORFOLK NAVY YARD WHERE SHE WAS SOLD IN 1867. THE FIRST SHIP WHICH WAS NAMED FOR THE STATE AND SAW SERVICE IN THE U.S. NAVY WAS ALSO THE NAVY'S FIRST BATTLESHIP. SHE WAS LAUNCHED IN 1889 AT THE NORFOLK NAVY YARD, UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF MISS MADGE HOUSTON WILLIAMS, GRANDDAUGHTER OF SAM HOUSTON. SHE CRUISED TO GALVESTON IN 1898 TO BE VISITED BY THE CITIZENS OF TEXAS. THE NIGHT SHE ARRIVED THERE, THE BATTLESHIP MAINE BLEW UP IN HAVANA HARBOR IN AN APPALLING CATASTROPHE WHICH PRECIPITATED THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. BEGINNING IN MAY 1898, TEXAS WAS ON CONSTANT BLOCKADE PATROL BETWEEN SANTIAGO AND GUANTANAMO BAY. IN JULY OF THAT YEAR, TEXAS WAS INVOLVED IN' THE BATTLE IN WHICH THE ENTIRE SPANISH FLEET WAS EITHER CAPTURED OR DESTROYED AT SANTIAGO. FROM 1908 UNTIL 1911, TEXAS SERVED AS STATION SHIP AT CHARLESTON. AMONG THOSE ASSIGNED QUARTERS ON THE BATTLESHIP WAS FUTURE FLEET ADMIRAL CHESTER W. NIMITZ. IN 1911 SHE WAS DECOMMISIONED AND RENAMED SAN MARCOS. SOMETIME LATER SHE WAS SUNK AS A TARGET FOR GUN FIRE PRACTICE. ..., I1t0.fY 01.411 TEXAS, . A .5 , Cp, A A I A Gb?-Www! Hivb-md W Jani' Juni, 5 ' +1 ,N ni . 1 Q w'4fafymmzC9faZffzQwf3g-1e42.xh..c,Wf:z.- 5 ...L W'fM 2 b I ' f I I ,... A . . I A I , . , I A A . ' 1 . --l I Ch A Q I , V, I , 4Mr4k'zQi . 3. A 1 A fy sv 'fi V VV' . ,. ., . A fm., -- :v m I ' 1 I 41Qg5'f- X A ...fy .Am5,..,.,......-... v w 3gf 1 A 1 f - - .. , L W ww- I A .Q M., , - -H. I e I f l 1 1 1 .... A ' A 'A A 9P A P A APAFP 5 , 1216 .3 HX f, ,, 'A L!! 2 ,,,.b A .,,,, w.,. X A L 11,4 A A I A ,f I 152. 555 1 PM I IAISS if ' , gay? A A I If 5.4 ,,,,..,,,-..,... 1 1 i5g,,.'ijQ ,,, .1 E ' . . I .4 ..I. li fh ..... li ....' .,.,,.. ...,' Egg I I V , 4 V , V, '.'1Q'k Qfj2. ,,..,., A - --f' 131 31 .1-' U I - . .., 1 I . 1 65 A f9PP .... Q i 3 f ' ,I , . 5 Il- -..QL , ,...., ,..,. ..,.,. ,,.,. 5 , 1 fi T 5, 4 . 5 . . . M , 1 V, if . A N ' f 5e5'n'I - - 9f2 I I A I aiif- ........ :S I 5L?jJI I 'K A , 4 ,-