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USS
Texas (BB-35) Flagship of the Texas Navy
Commissioned
in 1914, this World War I and II battleship is berthed at the San
Jacinto Monument in La Porte, Texas. She was off shore during D-Day and
bombarded the coast of France. She proudly flies the Flag of
Admiral of the Navy Chester W. Nimitz.
USTS
Texas Clipper II
This
is the training ship for the Texas A&M University at Galveston
Maritime University. During the summers she travels throughout the
world on training cruises.
USS
San Jacinto (CG-56)
On
active duty with the US Navy and fired the first Tomahawk cruise missile
of Desert Storm. She was commissioned near the site where the
TEXAS is berthed on 23 January 1988. She flies the Texas flag, the
Republic of Texas Navy Ensign and the burgee of her namesake that fought
in the Second Texas Navy. She is the third ship in the US Navy to
bear her name.
Elissa
This
barque that was built in 1877 is berthed behind the Seaport Museum in
Galveston, Texas. During her sailing days she made the Port of
Galveston several times. Tours are available through the museum.
PT-309
This
World War II PT boat that served in the Mediterranean during the war is
currently in dry dock in Freeport, Texas, before continuing to her final
resting place at the Admiral Nimitz Museum in Fredericksburg, Texas,
where she will become a centerpiece in the Museum of the War in the
Pacific.
USS
Cavalla (SSK-244)
The
World War II submarine is berthed at the Seawolf Park in Galveston,
Texas.
USS
Lexington (CV-16)
This
World War II aircraft carrier is moored in Corpus Christi, Texas.
It serves as a museum and allows groups of children to spend the night
on board to see what service aboard a carrier was like in World War II.
USS
Austin (LPD-4)
She
also is on active duty with the US Navy and has the same Texas Navy
flags as the SAN JACINTO and her burgee of the Flagship AUSTIN of the
Second Texas Navy.
USS
Stout (DDG-55)
She
was commissioned in a rare night time ceremony in Houston, Texas on 13
August 1994 and is currently at sea with the US Navy.
USS
Houston
This
nuclear powered submarine is the fourth ship to be named for the City of
Houston and serves in the US Navy.
USS
Dallas (SSN-700)
The
DALLAS is another nuclear powered submarine commissioned on 18 June
1981.
USCGC
HARRY CALIBORNE (561)
The
CLAIBORNE is currently based at the US Coast Guard Station
in Galveston, Texas. She is named for a former
lighthouse keeper at nearby Bolivar Roads Light House in
1895. The ship was commissioned in 2000 and is a
highly capable buoy tender. She is designed and
equipped to ably perform other missions, such as search and
rescue, marine environmental protection, and maritime law
enforcement.
USS
NIMITZ (CVN-68)
On
22 June 1968 the keel of the NIMITZ, a nuclear aircraft
carrier was laid on Newport News, Virginia. She was
commissioned of 3 May 1975 at Norfolk, Virginia. She
is named for Texan and Admiral of the Fleet Chester W.
Nimitz. In 1991 the NIMITZ relieved the ANGER during
OPERATION DESERT STORM. In May of 1998 she began a
mid-life refueling overhaul that will allow her to provide
our nation with another quarter of a century of service.
USS
EISNEHOWER (CVN-69)
This
nuclear aircraft carrier is named for General of the Army
and President of the United States Dwight David Eisenhower
who was also born in Texas. She was christened by his
wife Mamie who was also the ship’s sponsor on 11 October
1975 and was commissioned 18 October 1977. She has
completed eight Mediterranean deployments. She also
served in the Red Sea during OPERATION DESERT STORM being
the first carrier to maintain sustained operations there.
USS
GONZALES (DDG-66)
This
Aegis destroyer was named for Marine Sergeant Alfredo
“Freddy” Cantu Gonzalez born in Edinburg, Texas.
Among the many medals he won was the Congressional Medal of
Honor for his courageous service in Vietnam. She is
designed to operate offensively and defensively with carrier
groups and amphibious task groups in a multi threat
environment.
USS
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI (SSN-705)
This
vessel was commissioned 8 January 1983 at the Naval
Submarine base in New London, Connecticut. She is the
second ship to be named after this coastal Texas city.
She is nuclear powered fast attack submarine in the LOS
ANGELES Class. Her current Captain is Commander
Leonard G. Goff of El Paso, Texas.
CGC
GALVESTON ISLAND (WPM-1349)
The
GALVESTON ISLAND was commissioned in June of 1992 and is in
the ISLAND Class. She currently stationed with the
Coast Guard Marinas Section in Guam. Three US Navy
cruisers and a revenue cutter have borne the name GALVESTON.
She was the last of her Class built.
CGC
MATAGORA (WPM-1303)
No
description available.
USS
ORLECK (DD-886)
The
USS ORLECK is a monument to the men and women who built her
and to those who served aboard her. Commissioned on Sept.
15, 1945, she is the only Gearing Class destroyer to return
to its birthplace (Orange, Texas) for use as a museum.
USS
HOWARD (DDG-83)
On
20th of October 2001 in a night time ceremony she was
commissioned in Galveston, Texas. She was built in
Bath, Maine. She is the most powerful and
sophisticated Guided Missile Destroyer ever built. She
carrys two helicopters and her five inch guns can fire a
shell sixty miles.
USS
SAN ANTONIO (LPD-17)
The
keel for this amphibious ship was laid 9 December 2000 and
is scheduled to join the fleet in September of 2003.
The Second Texas Navy had a ship of the same name that was
lost in a hurricane.
PT-305
This
World War II PT boat sailed the Mediterranean Sea with
PT-309. The all volunteer crew that restored the
PT-309 has purchased her sister ship and is beginning her
restoration and berthing in the Gulf coast area. The
same group that did the fine job of PT-309 has taken on the
name Defenders of American Naval Museum Inc. to restore the
PT-305.
USS
TEXAS (SSN-775)
This
nuclear submarine is so new her keel has not even been laid
at Newport News, Virginia. She will be in the VIRGINIA
Class of submarines. When commissioned, she is
scheduled to join the Atlantic Fleet.
SS
EDWIN W. MOORE
The
SS EDWIN W. MOORE was commissioned as a Liberty Ship for the Merchant
Marine in World War II at the Todd Shipyards in Houston, Texas in August
1943. Her first Captain, James Quinn, is believed to be a Texan as
were most of her crew. She made many crossings with convoys to
Europe during the war. She was named for the Commodore of the
Second Texas Navy and along with the naming of a Texas county in the
panhandle of Texas (Moore County), these are the only tributes that have
been made to this brave Texan.
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