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Chronology

1910 - "US Navy Yearbook"
- Replace barrel liner after 150 firings
- 14 inch shell costs $600
- Mark 1 gun costs $62,208
- Mark I Mount costs $50,000 (mount retained though USN service)

6 April 1912, AP shell - 1,400 pounds.

5 March 1913 - 1st gun installed, Mark I, Mod 1. First US Navy ship with 14"/45 guns.

22 March 1914 - Houston Chronicle described the guns as "Monster Guns".
27 March 1914 - New York Times firing a 14" gun costs $777.
27 March 1914 - one bag of powder costs about $44 ($777 per gun firing minus the 1910 cost per shell divided by 4).

16 February 1915 - TEXAS lead 14" gunnery, New York Times.
4 February 1917 - TEXAS lead 14" gunnery, New York Times.
14 January 1918 - TEXAS wins the Knox Gunnery Trophy.
23 January 1918 - TEXAS awarded US Navy gunnery trophy.

1924, 1st of 3 gun changes, Bremerton Navy Yard, Mark I Mod 1 to Mark I Mod 7.

9 September 1927, weekly BB35 newspaper "The TEXAS Toreador", reports cost of firing all ten guns as:
***$3,808.30 for gunnery drills, using drill rounds and reduced powder charge of 272 pounds.
***$8,053.90 in wartime, using service rounds (1,400 lbs) and full powder charge of 362 pounds a $28 increase (3.5%) from March 1914

9 October 1931 - 3 TEXAS turrets earn an "E" by out-shooting those of the entire fleet during annual gunnery competition. That evening a broom is run up the main mast to symbolize a sweep of the seas. Flying the broom dates back to the Dutch navy, of the mid 1600s, signifying they had swept the enemy from the seas.

In 1931, the AP shell still weighs 1,400 pounds.

12 March - 18 July 1935, 2nd of 3 gun changes, Bremerton Navy Yard, Mark I Mod VII replaced with 7 - Mark VIII and 2 - Mark X. - from magazine of Warships International.

20 October 1939, the AP shell weighs 1,500 pounds

January 1940, USN drawings completed for increasing BB35 gun elevation to 30 degrees. The plans were never implemented. The drawings are on microfilm in the BB35 archives but the image quality is almost completely illegible.

23 January - 25 February 1944, Boston Navy Yard, shell hoists are modified for new shells, Mark 19 HC and Mark 20 AP.

15 September - 15 October 1944, 3rd of 3 gun changes New York Navy Yard, with the Mark XII. (Type still aboard today)
During the New York Navy Yard period, one of the removed guns was towed from the yard, up 5th Ave., 15 November 1944. to the New York City site of the 6th war bond drive.

1985 - 1986: Gun barrels in turret 1 and 2 manually lowered to 0 degrees (horizontal).

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