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Watch the Battleship Texas Move To Galveston Live
Posted on 8/31/22 at 7:50 am
Posted on 8/31/22 at 7:50 am
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The Battleship Texas, the last remaining battleship that served in both World Wars, is headed to Galveston today for repairs.
The Battleship Texas, the last remaining battleship that served in both World Wars, is headed to Galveston today for repairs.
This post was edited on 8/31/22 at 7:54 am
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Posted on 8/31/22 at 7:59 am to MorbidTheClown
Such a beauty!
Posted on 8/31/22 at 8:00 am to sledgehammer
Getting ready for the Battleship movie sequel?
Posted on 8/31/22 at 8:00 am to MorbidTheClown
Would be badass if they fixed it up enough to drive it back.
Posted on 8/31/22 at 8:02 am to MorbidTheClown
I hadn't kept up with this. I knew there were some legitimate concerns about hull integrity and being able to refloat it. Glad to see they sorted it out. It's a cool ship to tour if you haven't done it before. Those guys were not living in the lap of luxury on that thing.
Posted on 8/31/22 at 8:07 am to MorbidTheClown
Cue the ac dc
Posted on 8/31/22 at 8:09 am to MorbidTheClown
Wow a boat moving on water
Posted on 8/31/22 at 8:10 am to BoogaBear
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Would be badass if they fixed it up enough to drive it back.
Doubt that's even a possibility. That things propulsion system has to be beyond obsolete.
Posted on 8/31/22 at 8:10 am to MorbidTheClown
She is the last true dreadnaught class battleship in the world.
Posted on 8/31/22 at 8:11 am to MorbidTheClown
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Getting ready for the Battleship movie sequel?
Considering when she was built, the movie title should be Dreadnaught
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Posted on 8/31/22 at 8:14 am to MorbidTheClown
Glad they found the money to fix her up. There were plans to scrap her a few years ago.
Impressive -100+ year old warship. I can’t get a dishwasher to last 5 years.
Impressive -100+ year old warship. I can’t get a dishwasher to last 5 years.
Posted on 8/31/22 at 8:14 am to Nado Jenkins83
That Thunderstruck sequence was the best scene in Battleship.
This post was edited on 8/31/22 at 8:15 am
Posted on 8/31/22 at 8:14 am to DownSouthCrawfish
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Wow a boat moving on water
That’s a SHIP, son. Show some respect
Posted on 8/31/22 at 8:16 am to Pvt Hudson
Thought some of the history buffs here might enjoy it.
Posted on 8/31/22 at 8:18 am to DownSouthCrawfish
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Wow a boat moving on water
You see 108 year old boats cruising your rivers often?
Posted on 8/31/22 at 8:26 am to MorbidTheClown
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Getting ready for the Battleship movie sequel?
Those aliens will have fricked up putting a bubble around Houston…I think…or maybe we’d be okay with that.
Posted on 8/31/22 at 8:28 am to redstick13
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t. It's a cool ship to tour if you haven't done it before.
Does it have a new permanent home? I had read previously that it wasn’t likely to go back to the San Jacinto monument.
It has quite the war history from the early twentieth century.
Posted on 8/31/22 at 8:34 am to sledgehammer
Im a sucker for that movie. Its not really good. But makes me feel good. Only beef i really have is why do they have to jump off the back of the sinking JPJ. Rihanna and other jumped like 20 feet they climb all the way to the back to make a 300 foot leap by spinning props?
Posted on 8/31/22 at 8:35 am to Sasquatch Smash
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Does it have a new permanent home? I had read previously that it wasn’t likely to go back to the San Jacinto monument.
Definitely won't be heading back to La Porte since that location is incredibly inconvenient but they haven't announced a new site yet. It will be in dry dock for a couple years for some extensive repairs during which time they will work on the new location.
Posted on 8/31/22 at 8:36 am to Sasquatch Smash
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Does it have a new permanent home?
Not yet.
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In 2019, state lawmakers approved the repairs, but with the condition it finds a new home once repairs are complete.
“Historically, the number of paid visitors that you need in order for the ship to be successful, the park has never really generated, not even close. Over the ... especially recent years, we look probably 80, 90,000 paid visitors a year, and we need to be 250,000 if this thing’s gonna cash flow," said Bruce Bramlett, the executive director with Battleship Texas Foundation.
Where it’ll end up permanently is still undecided.
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