| TEXAS and NEW YORK were the only two US battleships (BB26 on) to carry 4 torpedo tubes. |
| Torpedoes were lowered into the ship, through a main deck hatch between turrets 1 and 2 passing through a second deck hatch in the Wardroom Pantry. The Pantry deck hatch is surrounded by wide lengths of brass. |
 Forward torpedo tubes at frame 32 (128 feet from the bow) aft tubes at frame 34.5 (138 feet from the bow). |
| 2nd Platform |
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| Hold Above the Torpedo Warheads Room was the torpedo work shop |
 TEXAS fired torpedoes at least as late as 18-19 September 1924, in the Southern Drill Ground ("Quarterly Cruise Reports"). Firing done with a 2,500psi Ingersoll air compressor, in the amidship Torpedo Room. During the July 1925 - November 1926 modernization, the torpedoes and torpedo tubes were removed. The torpedo air compressor was retained and the torpedo rooms became ordnance stores. |
