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late 1939 to early 1941. Next to Turret 5 a "Woodie"  Photo courtesy Morgan "Bugs" Smith, GSK during WWII

	May thru July 1941 - Long Range North Atlantic Patrols
Between May and July 1941, TEXAS conducted 3 long-range patrols into the North Atlantic. On the three patrols, she was at sea six weeks and traveled about 15,000 nautical miles. The patrols were on a wartime footing. Zigzag courses were made for submarine protection. The crew wore combat gear.
The June map shows the attempt by Nazi submarine U-203 to torpedo BB35. The maps were plotted using data from the Log Book and drawn with MapInfo, a computer mapping program.

After the July patrol, she went into dry dock, at Norfolk Navy yard. In Norfolk.  Here portholes on second deck were plated over and the ship's first of four operational radar sets, CXAM-1, was installed. Upon completion she relocated on 15 October to the US Navy base at Argentia, Newfoundland, Canada for further Atlantic operations. She moved to Casco Bay, Me on 28 November, which was her location when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941, and propelled America into World War

As of 7 December 1941

Paint:  Measure 12

Scheme was determined after some highly magnified examination

		#9 SOC-3 by Curtis		16 October 1939 to 29 April 1941 The SOC-3 is aboard in a 2 Feb 1940 photo of TEXAS entering Havana. The identify of the SOC-3 left is #1 in Battleship Division 5.  A scanned enlargement of the photo at the top
		#10 OS2-U by Vought- Sikorsky		1941 (prior to August) to not later than 12 December 1945, when the catapult is removed.  During the November 1942 invasion of North Africa, one airplane sank and another bombed enemy tanks. After the invasion, Walter Chronkite flew off TEXAS in an OS2-U when the ship was within range of Norfolk. At the start of 1943 three were still aboard but reduced to two before 1944. During the invasion of Normandy, the airplanes were removed. During the invasion of Okinawa, #8 sank during recovery due to damage from anti-aircraft fire and #7 strafed small Japanese boats.

Removed "Birdbath" platform during the Norfolk Navy Yard period of August - October 1941 for the installation of antenna for CXAM-1.

 Installed Navigation Bridge - the catwalk around the forward side was installed between December 1940 to October 1941.

The ship's first of four operational radars CXAM-1 by RCA was installed during the Norfolk Navy Yard period of August through October 1941. BB35 was one of 14 ships to receive the first available units.  Radar antenna located atop the foremast, on the backside.   Radar Control Room the transmitter, receiver and indicator were located in the former First Lieutenant’s Cabin on the port side of the Signal Bridge

The spare anchor, aft of forward port anchor, was removed in August - October 1941. An "Arrival Conference Report" prior to going into Norfolk Navy Yard lists the removal of the "dummy wildcat", which connects to the spare anchor via the anchor chain.

Signal Bridge

Superstructure

3inch from 8 to 10 with two on the main deck (maximum number but not the final location)

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Started 11 May 1999 Chuck Moore, FTV (1st Texas Volunteers) BB35 volunteer group