The last surviving battleship to have served in both World Wars has secured a new permanent home at Galveston’s Pier 15, ...

Guests sailing from Galveston may be docked within feet of one of the US Navy's most historic battleships, USS Texas.

The deal to permanently moor the historic battleship, the former USS Texas (BB-35), at the Port of Galveston was finalized ...

Battleship Texas Foundation, which oversees USS Texas, would still need to obtain permits from the U.S. Coast Guard and the Army Corps of Engineers for the ship to stay in the Port of Galveston.

GALVESTON — Before the Battleship Texas can berth on Pelican Island for repairs, the company making those repairs must bring in a new dry dock. And to get the dry dock in place, the company must ...

GALVESTON — A feud over moving the battleship USS Texas from its moorings at the San Jacinto Battleground shifted into the Galveston City Council chambers Thursday, but council members wanted to ...

Battleship Texas is currently across the Galveston Channel at Gulf Copper Dry Dock & Rig Repair where restoration on the USS Texas started in September 2022.

The veteran is 100 years old and said he served on board the USS Texas from February 1940 to July 1942. He made the journey for the sendoff with his son to see the iconic ship.

Technically, the USS Texas belongs to Texas Parks and Wildlife, which granted the foundation a 99-year lease in 2019. According to Rees, the length of the proposed lease with the port was one of ...

Kim Batson talks to her son Maxim, 11, as the Battleship Texas is towed past Seawolf Park in Galveston. “You just don’t get to see a World War II and World War I battleship moving across the ...

Onlookers watch as the USS Battleship Texas passes the Texas City Dyke, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in Texas City. The 1914 commissioned vessel is being towed to a dry dock in Galveston to undergo ...