USS TEXAS (BB-35) heads downriver leaving the New York Navy Yard. Topmasts are down to allow passage under the Brooklyn Bridge.

Note: 5 inch gun mounted at her stern, aka the stinger. This gun and the other hull mounted guns were eventually removed due to their closeness to the waterline and were wet even in moderate seas.

Photographed on January 8, 1917.

NARA: 55242070

USS TEXAS (BB-35) departing the New York Navy Yard.

Photographed on January 8, 1928.

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USS TEXAS (BB-35) producing steam at port

Photographed sometime between January and August 1921.

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A little girl with her dog watched as USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) returns to the Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia. She had just completed a 12 day cruise in the Caribbean with 565 Naval Reservists.

Photographed on January 18, 1947.

Norfolk Public Library: smc-vp-fnmy00038-004

Clipping from an unknown newspaper shows USS TEXAS (BB-35) cresting wave in dress.

"From a donated collection of individual photographs and pages out of a 1930s Texas crewmember's photo album. Items donated by the Los Angeles Maritime Museum. LAMM accession numbers (featured on back) correspond to BTF accession numbers

FA2010.3698.01 is cataloged as 2024.1032.1 and on through the collection."

Battleship Texas Foundation Archives: 2024.1032.35

Cruise of the Flagship, United States Fleet USS TEXAS (BB-35).

Date: January 8-June 27, 1928

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department: TXPWD_2005-1012-15-2

USS TEXAS (BB-35) departing the New York Navy Yard for Key West, Florida.

Photographed on January 8, 1928.

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The incident involving Nancy Bentley took place in 1920, when she was just six years old. After being bitten by a snake near a coastal area, she urgently needed medical care. At the time, Australian naval regulations were strict: civilians were not permitted to receive treatment aboard naval vessels.

Faced with a child’s life at risk, the Royal Australian Navy improvised an unusual solution. Nancy was formally enlisted so she could legally remain onboard and receive treatment from the ship’s medical staff. She was given the official naval rating of “mascot,” making her, on paper, the youngest person known to have been enlisted in the Australian forces.

She stayed onboard for eight days, during which she received care from the ship’s medical staff. She was formally “discharged” from service after eight days, completing an eight-day “career” that remains a record for the youngest known enlistment.

The story is often cited as an example of how rigid rules were bent, turning a bureaucratic loophole into a potentially lifesaving act.

USS TEXAS (BB-35) at anchor on the west coast, with a barge alongside.

Photographed sometime between July 1919 and January 1921.

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USS NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29) at anchor.

Photographed in 1918.

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USS NEW YORK (BB-34) underway in an experimental dazzle paint scheme during War I.

Photographed in late 1917 or early 1918.

Battleship Texas Foundation Archives: 2025.1001.14

USS TEXAS (BB-35) is “Fogging up” on her way to the Panama Canal.

This is result of the fire not being evenly laid on the grates of her boilers. They need more air to lighten the smoke. This is likely during a smoke screen practice.

Photographed sometime between January 5 and 17, 1921.

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Possible photo of Tessie the cat and Pittsburg, the mascot of the Aviation Department, on the starboard side by turret no. 3 of USS TEXAS (BB-35).

"To keep the dog's attention focused away from Tessie, he was regularly supplied with tennis balls."

-Info from battleshiptexas.info: link

Photographed in the early 1930s.

Battleship Texas Foundation Archives: 2024.1023.11

Boxing match held on board USS TEXAS (BB-35) near Panama. The match is being held in-between turrets no. 3 and 4, with turret no. 3 trained to starboard side. From this view, you can see a rangefinder and two 3 inch/50 caliber anti-aircraft guns mounted on top of turret no. 3.

Note: banner reading "U.S.S. TEXAS ... Come On Texas", on the rear of turret no. 4.

Photographed sometime between January 17 and February 25, 1921. She was conducting Battle Fleet maneuvers practice during time period.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 55196

USS TEXAS (BB-35) at anchor near Balboa, Panama.

Photographed sometime between January 17 and June 15, 1929.

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USS TEXAS (BB-35) carrying President Calvin Coolidge and his party from Havanna Harbor, where they attended the Pan-American Congress, to Key West, Florida.

Photographed on January 17, 1928.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department: 2010-1001-71