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sp_rack_BB35.ai 2/4/09 10:04:02 AM TEXAS STATE PARKS Battleship TEXAS C M Y CM MY CY CMY K AT THE SAN JACINTO BATTLEGROUND STATE HISTORIC SITE GULF COAST sp_rack_BB35_back.eps 2/4/09 2:35:31 PM Battleship TEXAS (BB-35) • Last surviving DREADNOUGHT-type battleship • World’s most powerful warship when commissioned in 1914 • Made her shake-down cruise en route to support the American fleet off Vera Cruz, Mexico in 1914 • First U.S. battleship with 14-inch guns, anti-aircraft guns, director controlled gunfire, and radar • Served with the British Grand Fleet in World War I • First U.S. battleship to launch an aircraft • Station ship for first transatlantic flight by the Seaplane NC-4 • U.S. Fleet Flagship 1927, Atlantic Fleet Flagship 1940 • First Marine Division was founded on the Battleship TEXAS in 1941 • Fired over 19,000 rounds supporting Allied landings on Morocco, Normandy, Southern France, Iwo Jima and C Okinawa during World War II • Designated a National Historic Engineering Landmark in M 1975 and a National Historic Landmark in 1977 Y Open for touring 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Sunday. CM Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. MY Picnicking: Picnic near the Houston Ship Channel. CY Texas State Parks Store: One-of-a-kind gifts, books, etc. CMY K Lynchburg Ferry Battleship TEXAS 10 Baytown 134 225 P8 Morgan’s Point 610 146 45 Located at the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site in Harris County, 22 miles east of downtown Houston via Texas 225 and Texas 134. www.tpwd.state.tx.us/parks Call (281) 479-2431 for additional information on tours and contributions. For information only, call (800) 792-1112. Battleship TEXAS State Historic Site 3523 Independence Parkway South, La Porte, TX 77571 In accordance with Texas State Depository Law, this publication is available at the Texas State Publications Clearinghouse and/or Texas Depository Libraries. © 2009 by the TPWD PWD CD P4504-126C (2/09) Printed on recycled paper. .

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