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Overview - Movements |
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history of BB35 can be viewed through the ship's movements and miles
sailed during each movement. Over 12,459 days (34 years and 5 weeks)Texas sailed 726,000 miles. The distance covered north to Iceland, south to Chile, east to Italy and west to the Philippines. The Panama Canal was crossed 16 times. The movement is presented in table form and maps, The almost all mapping was done with MapInfo 4.0 The data came from several sources 1911 to March 1914: USS Texas General Information Completed Plans 37 and 38 U.S.S. TEXAS Description and Official Trials, Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, February 1914 October 1913 Sea Trials - December 1944 Newport News Shipyard March 1914 - 31 December 1940: "Quarterly Cruise Reports (Navy discontinued after 1940) 1941 through 1945: Deck Log and War Diary |
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Started 11 May 1999 Chuck Moore, FTV (1st Texas Volunteers) BB35 volunteer group