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Four warships of the U.S. Navy have been named the USS Texas for the State of Texas:

  • USS Texas was a pre-dreadnought battleship that was commission from 1895 through 1911.
  • USS Texas (BB-35) was a New York-class dreadnought battleship that was in commission from 1914 through 1948. In 1948, she was decommissioned and immediately became a memorial ship near Houston.
  • USS Texas (CGN-39) was in commission from 1977 through 1993. She was the second Virginia-class nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser.
  • USS Texas (SSN-775) was commissioned in September 2006, and she is in active service in the U.S. Navy. She is the second nuclear submarine of the Virginia class.
  • References

    USS Texas Wikipedia