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| East Coast - 26 December 1918 to 19 July 1919 |
| Coming out of the New York Navy Yard on 31 January, east coast operations was a short period until the 19 July departure from Hampton Roads, Va for the Pacific. Operations were almost entirely in the Caribbean and in the Atlantic for the first trans-Atlantic airplane flight |
| January 1919 Modifications |
Went into the New York Navy Yard from 4 - 31 January 1919 during which
| Installed a 2nd airplane fly-off platform atop turret 4.
Removal of range finder makings of the side of the turrets Reduced number of 5inch guns from 16 to 12. |
| The removal could have happened during the 19 June to 14 July 1919 New York Nary Yard period.
Photos of TEXAS in the Panama Canal, 25 July 1919 show empty gun locations for 3, 4, 5, and 6. This was the third of five gun removals from 2nd deck and the third of seven ship-wide configurations |
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| New York City - After Modifications |
| Ship appearance when it departed with the battleship
fleet for the Pacific in July 1919. The location is New York City and the date is after the 31 January period in the New York Navy Shipyard but which of the three dates above is not known. After leaving the ship yard and before the July departure for the Pacific, there were only three days when the ship was in this area. Date is definitely after the January 1919 dry dock for the fly-off platform atop Turret 4 and turret training marks are gone. Turret training marks are on the turrets when the ship enters the Panama Canal in July 1919. Can not tell from this angle if 2nd deck 5inch guns 3,4,5 and 6 are present |
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| 10 March 1919 - First airplane flight from an American battleship | ||
| On 9 March BB35 arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and a Sopwith Camel was brought aboard. On 10 March, with the ship stationary, Lt. Comdr. Edward O McDonnell flew the airplane off of the platform atop Turret 2. (McDonnell was previously aboard BB35 as a passenger returning from Europe in December 1918). This was the first such flight from an American battleship. The wheels of the airplane were 44 feet from the end of the platform. A second flight took place on the 11th. | ||
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TEXAS station ship southwest of the Azores Islands for the US Navy Curtis seaplanes flying west from Portugal.
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| 25 May - 1st of 16 crossings Panama Canal |
On 19 July, TEXAS and the rest of the battleship fleet left Hampton Roads, VA, for relocation to the Pacific for the next 4.5 years.
Entering the Panama Canal on the 25th was the ship's first of 16 Panama Canal crossings.
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Started 11 May 1999 Chuck Moore, FTV (1st Texas Volunteers) BB35 volunteer group