20X Time Lapse of Battleship Texas Move

[@mycrazyaklife]

I grew up with that ship!! She's Texas through and through!! I was so happy when they started doing the repairs on her!!!

[@sqd37l]

you mean she's arrogant and afraid of ice through and through???

[@brucew7062]

@@sqd37lno, it means she has a proud history of strength and resilience. She isn’t afraid to fight for what she believes in. She treats her guests well and tolerates those with no manners until they have crossed the line. She stands proud of her accomplishments (that’s not arrogance, it is success). She welcomes visitors so long as they follow the law. She isn’t afraid to face the heat. She supports the military and fellow veterans. She is just fine staying away from California. She raises enough money and is smart in using it wisely so as to not go into debt so bad it bleeds red ink. Afraid of ice? No, but sometimes have to deal with it when not prepared for uncommon weather events that rarely happen. Texas is a great state and one that others envy and spite just because their state doesn’t compare.

[@sqd37l]

@@brucew7062 the state of texas sucks the bag nowadays

[@sqd37l]

@@brucew7062 well let me tell you bruce, the men who sailed on the Texas were brave and came from all over the United States, not just texas, but the arrogant douchbags nowadays that live in texas and hang on her coattails are gutless punks with big mouths.

[@AngelaS-v2q]

This is SO COOL!! I have followed the restorations since the day she was towed in to dry dock. Just WOW!!! 🤩

[@rg8555]

"Unopposed under crimson skies Immortalized, over time their legend will rise And their foes can’t believe their eyes, believe their size, as they fall And the Dreadnoughts dread nothing at all" -- Sabaton

[@mikeat2637]

This is beyond cool !!!!! The last Dreadnought !!!!!!!

[@Peace2U-ec6es]

God bless Texas!

[@midengineZ06]

she's 114 yrs old and gets a second life for future generations to see

[@tgvaught7272]

I had the honor of touring her in 2002. She's a beauty! What a magnificent ship!

[@AprilSmith-hi3qt]

Thank you so much for posting this video! I sat here, glued to my PC, watching the dear Lady move a bit. It was wonderfully orchestrated tugs with the Big "T". I laughed, I cried, and enjoyed every moment, knowing she's 'that much' closer to being ready to greet her loving public. ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤

[@kensurratt2729]

It was 60 years ago or so since I first stepped on the Texas. I would have been about 7. She looked a lot different when I brought my kids to see what I saw. She was worn and ragged. Glad she's getting a face lift for future generations. Once it gets settled I'll have to get my Grandkids down there.

[@conradnelson5283]

Back in the seventies I toured the Texas. Loved it. Glad she is getting repaired.

[@Shuffler703]

I have been on that ship more times that I can count. So happy she is getting the attention she needs to stay around. Sad she will not be back across from the San Jacinto Monument.

[@chopperskier]

USS Texas a major player in the English channel on D-Day! OOORAH TEXAS!

[@godlyobject6509]

The last Dreadnought. Incredible.

[@krullachief669]

Pre-Dreadnought, in fact. Which is all the more impressive.

[@QurikyBark32919]

@@krullachief669no. Texas is a dreadnought. The only pre-dreadnought left is in Japan

[@krullachief669]

@@QurikyBark32919 Really? Huh, coulda sworn she was Pre-Dreadnought. Musta been crossing wires in my head about just when she finally set to sea.

[@possiblepilotdeviation5791]

@@krullachief669 There was an earlier pre-dreadnought battleship Texas as well, but it is not this ship.

[@AH-64E_apache]

@@possiblepilotdeviation5791 Texas is super-Dreadnought, at least she was when she got her WW2 upgrades

[@glendamico9004]

I bet people wouldn’t say she’s small if it started actually shooting some 500 lbs. warheads at them. Anyone know when/where she will be available to tour again? Also, to the people that restored her…it looks like you did an incredible job. Well done! Thank you for taking the time to restore this important piece of history!

[@edl617]

Amazing they place a mark on the pier and a mark on the ship and match them up precisely

[@Cuchulainn42]

I cannot wait until she is open to the public again.

[@PaulMetheny-vv6zn]

I have cross deck on that ship one time. I'm ready to see it below deck

[@franciscogarcia3031]

The only bad thing about this is the freaking music why that obsession on the music

[@nostradamus7648]

Just to piss you off. 😂

[@patrickradcliffe3837]

What a view the port side cabins had.

[@ReasoningThroughTheBible]

Have they announced where she will be parked permanently?

[@nightlightabcd]

It is a large ship, yet looks rather small compared to that cruse ship!

[@tequilastraightup595]

What she lacked in size, she made up for in firepower.

[@ElmCreekSmith]

Armor weighs more than the lightweight stuff they use to build civilian ships, and the cruise ships are not built to military standards. I'm just sorry they didn't restore her boilers, engines, shafts, propellers, and rudder. I would have love to see her sail into New York harbor for Fleet Week. (Only on TV. I won't go anywhere they don't recognize the 2nd Amendment.)

[@solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226]

A true team effort

[@LSwick-ss6nm]

I plan to take my grandkids to walk those decks just like my Grandparents took me and take pictures in the same locations.

[@czech_it_out_photography]

Beautiful!

[@pauljensen5699]

The inspiration for the imperial star destroyers in 'Star Wars'.

[@CJKindell]

Wow, look how small she is compared to that Carnival boat!

[@sb859]

The Germans thought she was pretty big...in both World Wars.

[@luidyjosedasilva2961]

Fantastic Ship

[@Tonetwisters]

I love these ships. Talk about pure power. Yeh, it was sci-fi. But I STILL WATCH "BATTLESHIP" EVERY TIME IT COMES ON. And these "thug" boats are powerful little characters, all on their own.

[@MattWedelich]

Great video😊

[@williamscoggin1509]

That was pretty cool! 👍🏻

[@jimaustin9981]

It would be awsome if she could get underway on her own power! But still, it is a beautiful sight. And like someone else. For futire generations to see.

[@boisdearc0]

Recently finished an audiobook "Iron Coffins". Memoirs of a U-boat captain. He spotted USS Texas in a designated war zone and asked hq for permission to torpedo her. (This was before Pearl Harbor). Admiral Doenitz denied permission.

[@libertycowboy2495]

Why the move?

[@progrocker2112]

I'm guessing that all the port side cabins on Carnival Cruises out of Galveston just increased in price by 500%.

[@petemontoya159]

Folks it is an OLD BATTLE SHIP. IN ITS HAY DAY IT WAS HUGE.👍👍👍

[@michaelpiatkowskijr1045]

True.

[@oldsguy354]

When she was launched, she was the most powerful weapon on Earth. When she began her duties in WW2 she was already an antique, well beyond the typical service life of warships of that era, and among the oldest capital ships in the US Navy inventory. During WW2, Texas was older than the vast majority of sailors that served aboard her. She fired so many shells during the invasion of France that she wore out her gun barrels and had to sail to New York to have them replaced before sailing to the Pacific to assist in the island hoping campaigns there. She cost $6 million to build in 1912 and it's safe to say that the American taxpayers got their monies worth on that purchase. It has taken many, many times that much money for upgrades, repairs, and refurbishments over the years, but she is still paying dividends on that initial investment. She is the only remaining Dreadnought battleship on Earth (above sea level), and there were many of them. She was one of (if not the) last battleship powered by triple expansion steam engines (like Titanic had), and those engines still exist in the engine room aboard her today. Several of her early Captains were born before or during the Civil War. It is very likely that Abraham Lincoln's son Robert saw her sail as one of the latest, and formidable weapons in the US Navy arsenal. Before her conversion to oil fired boilers, she required 150 crew members to operate her boilers and keep them supplied with fuel. Most of that coal was carried in wheelbarrows and chutes from bunkers throughout the ship. Calling that hard work is an understatement. If she was at idle in port (with service steam for cooking and heating) and the Captain called for full power, it would be 2 hours before he could expect that throttle response. When Charlie Baker (1893-1970), her most famous Captain, commanded her during the Normandy invasion, Texas had been in the Navy longer than he had. Baker re-assumed command of Texas when she was towed from the Pacific to Houston to personally hand her over to the State of Texas. None of her WW1 veterans are still with us today, and I can't imagine that there are more than a couple (if any) of her WW2 veterans still with us. Sorry if that was too much information, but I found those things about Texas interesting.

[@michaelpiatkowskijr1045]

@@oldsguy354 Texas was the last Dreadnought the US built. The next ship was the Nevada. The Texas was the 3rd oldest battleship in the fleet. Only the twelve gun 12-inch Arkansas and her sister ship, New York were older. As far as an antique, there was 12 newer battleships and they were considered antiques. Unlike any other nation, the US did not build battleships for around 20 years. In reality, the North Carolina looked just like those old battleships. The biggest difference was no conning tower. From the side, you could see the twin 5-inch mounts that the older battleships didn't have. If World War II didn't happen especially Pearl Harbor, how much upgrades would the old battleships get?

[@oldsguy354]

@@michaelpiatkowskijr1045 I knew Arkansas was older, but I know that Texas is older than New York. Texas and New York were the only 2 in the New York class. It was called the New York class despite Texas being launched first. Texas' keel was laid down first, and she was launched before New York, despite the numbering system suggesting otherwise. New York was the last battleship to be fitted with triple expansion steam engines, but I don't know if she was coal fired at launch. BB-36, Nevada was the first to get turbines and be oil fired from the beginning that I can determine. Now to be sure, I'm an old guy but I wasn't there and I didn't witness that stuff personally. ;)

[@oldsguy354]

@@michaelpiatkowskijr1045 I think the Washington treaty after WW1 which limited the size and construction of battleships was the primary reason the older battleships got all their upgrades and remained in service so long. I know there were at least a couple battleships under construction when the treaty was adopted and they were scrapped before completion. By the time the realization that the Washington treaty was not being adhered to, it was decided to keep the old battleships around until replacements could be built, just in case.

[@carterwest7807]

Significance: The Texas is the last surviving battleship that saw action at Normandy D-Day June 6, 1944.

[@stevegarcia9098]

Dry dock the damn thing already! In the water, it's just gonna continue to decay. Demo the astrodome already, too!

[@ElmCreekSmith]

If you had been paying attention, you would know that she was in dry dock. They removed the torpedo bulges and repaired/replaced hull plating.

[@frankevega]

I thought they were going to put the battle ship on the same row as the cruise ships?

[@williamdodge5123]

Reside north of it previous berth at the San Jacinto Monument Stste Park LA Porte Tx.

[@archstanton6965]

Why was she moved? Work finished at the dock? This her final berthing spot? I know there’s still good bit of work to do.

[@slashtopher2193]

Dreadnought (fear nothing)

[@wiscosteve]

Looks smaller than I remember

[@michaelgiancanna-jaume4637]

God bless, protect, and preserve the Texas!! She MUST be FULLY RESTORED, FULLY MODERNIZED, and made 100% READY to take her role as flagship of the Sovereign Republic of Texas!! #TEXIT is a CERTAINTY...We the People of Texas MUST ENSURE that the Texas is a FULLY MODERNIZED , FULLY RELEVANT, MODERN BATTLEWAGON for the 21st century!! God Bless Texas!!

[@PeterNebelung]

Every read a book called the Ayes of Texas??? #TEXIT has been a dream for a long time. Soon I hope.

[@mikerotch4597]

That would be a nice can of whoopass

[@garrettsilva5025]

The days of battle ships and dreadnoughts are long gone 😢 Carriers and submarines are the main source of fire power in the Navy nowadays. I love Texas, but she is just a floating museum, and she should stay that way. she's had her glory. We'll build an even better ship for #Texit

[@scootyjohnson2392]

Check out the cruise ship looks bigger than the battleship...crazy

[@kevinh5349]

The lil tugs doin' their job.

[@jeffbrown9264]

Chris Poe

[@janetrosierriccarosier6660]

Is this her final spot? I thought she was going to be on the other side of the channel.

[@westpearson6759]

No, not the final spot (I don’t believe). I believe this is “Dock A” and the Texas was moved there to allow repairs to continue at a slower rate. Dock D was, I believe, a more used/busy dock. As of two weeks ago, they were relaying the wooden decks on the bow, doing paint work, working on the drainage systems, etc.

[@benf1111]

Put your playback speed at 2x

[@WhodatLucy]

such a lovely broad!

[@patriot4258]

They need to update and ready her for the Middle East

[@pistolperrynoya9469]

And thought it would be bigger!😂

[@DavidDavidunderthebridgeChampi]

Texas is due for her last trip on water and onto a hard dock with no water under her keel.

[@westpearson6759]

I don’t believe so. I think that WAS the plan, but the foundation was asked to fund $100 million for a permanent dry berth, and no way they can do that. My feelings won’t be hurt if you can correct me about that😝

[@semperfidelis8386]

Cant steam under her own power no mo?

[@krullachief669]

Not currently. Like, she's old, been completely mothballed, and needs extensive structural repairs. Before that gets repaired, it's unlikely that she would ever be able to steam under her own power. Assuming her boilers are even in functional condition. See: she's old for explanation as to why they wouldn't be functional.

[@oldsguy354]

Her boilers date to the 1920's and 30's, and her triple expansion steam engines date to the Teens. They haven't been fired or run since 1945. She didn't even sail under her own power when she went to Houston to be donated. She was towed all the way from the Pacific. I can't imagine that any of her propulsion equipment could be made serviceable today. Her propellers were removed and her rudder is seized in the last position it was turned to when she was parked. I'd like to see her sail under her own power as well, but she wasn't very fast when she was new and the amount of money and work it would take would be astronomical and probably wouldn't be worth it see her sail slowly a few times. She's still over a century old and putting her to sea might be more than she can take. There were real fears she might sink while being towed to Galveston. Rough seas under her own power might break her back.

[@semperfidelis8386]

@@oldsguy354 oh. ok.

[@riskybusiness3413]

Very good video, however the heavy dramatic music was unnecessary. It didn't fit the subject nature. Something lighter and happier would be more appropriate as it's being restored not heading into WW3. (imho)

[@BRAHHHHHH]

Why don't they donate it to Ukraine?

[@Jesse-cx4si]

It’s not going to be very good in battles…waiting on tugs to move it around. 😆

[@Ibuki01]

la, la, la... Lookin' mighty puny against that cruise ship... 🤨

[@sb859]

Those cruise ships are floating cesspools of humanity, bacteria, and waste. A city-sized Petrie dish.

[@VLOXY]

Added to Azur Lane, when?

[@mutteringmale]

Cool. I hadn't kept track of her since I visited about 40 years ago when she had no bottom, it was all rusted away, 90% of her was closed down because everything had been let go and all the money to fix her, just like in Russia, had been stolen and now here she is!

[@coloradomountainman8659]

Would have been a good video if not for that annoying crappy-ass background "music" which made watching the video impossible. For some unknown reason, so many ignorant KZbin posters have the mistaken belief that dubbing iin that obnoxious shit is just what the viewer wants. A big thumbs down!

[@studentjohn35]

All the work into a most interesting video, then FAIL at the music: repetitive, all in one key. Repeating the same clip 3 times. Get with it, team.

[@jongoin4404]

Ummm… you do know that there is a volume button on each and every computing device that’s ever been made, right!?!?!? AND… this will blow your mind, by the way… but believe it or not, even KZbin has a volume control on ALL of their videos if you would like to mute the video, itself, and you don’t want to silence your whole computer system!!!

[@biffteutsch3402]

Quit throwing away money and just make it a fuggin reef!!! Nobody really gives a damn anymore

[@ElmCreekSmith]

Texans and Americans who honor our history care. I shall omit the requisite opinions I hold of your comment, your character, and your intelligence.

[@biffteutsch3402]

@@ElmCreekSmith sink it

[@trschreck]

kinda small for a battleship isn't it?

[@ralfie8801]

It was as big as they got when built 112 years ago. She’s 573 ft long, which is a bit small compared tho newest class of battleships that came in at about 887 feet long.

[@DoNotResuscitateAgain]

I wonder if those two 8500 series drilling rigs they got stacked over there are the ones that Elon Musk bought for launch/ landing pads or if they still belong to Valaris.

[@allaboutboats]

Last year I asked that exact question to the drydock crew during my drydock tour and was told that Elon Musk wanted nothing to do with those rigs, since they already have more capable platforms over at Spacex. They will most likely be scapped unless they can find a buyer soon.

[@DoNotResuscitateAgain]

​@allaboutboats I know that those rigs were built on the cheap and the only one out of THAT series that is still in service is the 8505. There's two more sitting in pascagoula and were rumored that he already bought them. They have been completely stripped. Seems like a lot of money to just flush down the toilet, but hell i guess he's got it like that. 😂