USS Texas BB-35, a Dreadnought era battleship launched in May 1912, served the U.S. Navy for 34 years, including WWI and WWII.
WWI war service included North Sea convoy duty for merchant ships from Scotland to Norway, and North Sea sweeps to counter potential forays by the German Fleet. The highlight service was escorting the German Fleet in its surrender ...
USS Iowa BB-61, the first of four Iowa class battleships built for the U.S. Navy, was launched in 1942. Capable of thirty-three knots and armed with nine new fifty-caliber sixteen-inch guns, she was the pinnacle of battleship design for the U.S. Navy during World War II. The Iowa class perfectly merged the heavy armor of battleships with the speed ...