March in Review | Battleship Texas

[@fleetswoodshop3339]

it is such a joy to see the ship being repaired and maintained. I can't wait to visit it again. And walk the decks..

[@allenseeallendo5844]

I’m impressed this ship made it to the dry dock without sinking.

[@hond654]

They made her unsinkable! Joke aside, bulkhead was full of foam so she could not sink.

[@bmused55]

@@hond654 No amount of foam will create more buoyancy than the weight of that old steel and concrete. She would sink if enough water got in. Hence why they're taking it all out and replacing the metal

[@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24]

Stop being dramatic. It wasn't that bad. Some leaks sure but overall structurally sound. I'm sure they had pumps running to counter the leaks

[@charlieslorenson1861]

We put enough flotation material in there to get 60 lb of flotation for every cubic foot

[@charlieslorenson1861]

@@bmused55 you're wrong my friend I have floated three boats and put enough material in them to get them off the beach on the Aleutian chain you're not familiar with the material the only reason that that went anywhere is because of the material yes there were a few pumps

[@g3arjammer837]

Hopefully Olympia can head to dry dock soon as well she really needs it

[@gusbuckingham6663]

Olympia, Jersey & Massachusetts.

[@MrKen-wy5dk]

@@gusbuckingham6663 Bring 'em to Texas. We do battleships right.

[@therailfanman2078]

​@@gusbuckingham6663the Mass aint doing as bad ladt i checked

[@Pineapplebob1775]

or take the Jersey to Philly where she built

[@sabba_dabba8649]

@@gusbuckingham6663 Big Mamie had work done on her last year. She was last in drydock in the '90s

[@67Stang]

Love seeing all the progress. Yall are doing amazing work. As a vet that served on a 1950s vintage aircraft carrier, I remember all the work we did on a regular basis just to keep her afloat.

[@stevenbailey8743]

So, just gonna float it back in salt water when done?!? Has the new display site been determined?

[@robjohnson8522]

BB Texas videos are the only ones where I don't hit "skip" on the ads. I have bought a BUNCH of stuff off the website but adding to the channel's "minutes watched" metric and never skipping ads are the *easiest* way to help the project!

[@nogoodnameleft]

Best part of the whole video was when Travis said, "Next drydock will be in 15 years." Wow!!!

[@BattleshipTexas]

Future dry dock periods will, hopefully, be more scraping off the bottom and giving a new hull coating and not as intensive of work as we are doing now.

[@robertf3479]

Wow! I am impressed by the amount of work that has been accomplished so far, and she is looking good. From what I see Gulf Copper is treating you guys and your Lady right. I agree with you about preserving the fittings and equipment removed wherever and whenever you can. I also agree that while many are asking about "The Guns," it is the hull that needs the most TLC right now. The guns can be worked on either ashore (as has been shown for the secondary batteries) or once Texas is back in the water and you are not so pressed for time. May all the surprises you find from here on be pleasant ones.

[@alexh3153]

Wow the inside of the blisters looks great. So good to see all the new steel on her sides. A lot of new ship, she will last a damn long time now. Even with the new steel she will probably be a lot lighter than she was before with all the patches, foam, mud and rust. Can’t wait to see it in person

[@timf2279]

Great work keep this great ship alive and well

[@timfarrell6968]

I agree. And Great name

[@MCMotorsportsMedia]

Hello, I’m a Canadian from up in British Columbia. I have been following the plight of the Battleship Texas for about a decade and a half. I must admit that I was fearful at times that this treasure was heading for the scrapper’s torch. I am really happy this is not the case. Keep up the great work! Keep the videos coming please. I hope I get to visit her one day.

[@harborwatch9147]

This continues to be a fascinating process. Thanks for sharing. Texas deserves all the TLC she is getting!

[@yes_head]

That new tank looks fantastic. And the ship has to be heaving a huge sigh of relief with all those concrete patches pulled out!

[@trevortaylor5501]

This is turning into a major refit. When the ship floats again it will basically have a brand new bottom. Since it will be static as a museum ship you wont have to do any work on that for probably 50 years. Smart to do all this now that way you can focus on the interior for a long period of time. What a fascinating engineering piece of history.

[@SkeeterPondRC]

So excited to see all of this progress. I hope, some day, I can make it down to Texas to visit her and truly appreciate all of this work, time, and energy spent to restore her.

[@stevewhite3424]

And MONEY!!! Let's crack open those wallets folks!!

[@18robsmith]

Thanks for sharing the progress towards getting Texas back into a good state of repair. This video raised a question in my mind - with all the concrete, rust, foam, lower portion of the blisters being removed, and some replaced with new metal what sort of weight change are you expecting?

[@candle86]

Awesome to see that blister off, when I was on the Drydock Tour a few weeks ago it was still half attached. You guys are making great progress.

[@smc1942]

Again, _Thank you_ to everyone involved in working to restore and preserve this great ship. _You are saving History for future generations._

[@Phoenix-ej2sh]

It does my heart good to see the Texas being cared for so well.

[@bbrf033]

I think this was the best one yet. You could see how far they have come and how far they have to go. The areas where the torpedo bulges narrowed show significant deterioration from rust that likely resulted from inadequate coating etc at the time the bulges were installed. The space just becomes to confined to get it perfect, plus, the blisters were an add on. It is looking great from the view inside the new blisters. Keep up the great work. SOS

[@hamhouke]

I am thrilled to see that Texas is finally getting the “long view” treatment she deserves. Fact is that doing it this way makes all the donations much more meaningful and impactful. No one wants to throw good money after bad, and Lord knows Texas had gotten into a death spiral that would have seen her scrapped if you folks hadn’t committed to breaking that cycle to get ahead of the problem. Good on you for being good stewards of not only the artifact, but of the donors’ contributions as well. Now it’s our jobs to keep Texas in front by keeping the funding coming! We can all clearly see that it is put to effectual use!

[@lt.petemaverickmitchell7113]

4:20 Thank you for the very hazardous work you did in maintaining the Texas to keep her alive and get to where she’s at right now!

[@jimwells4240]

109 years since her commissioning, two world wars, both major oceans, A storied ship with a proud name, and brought very nearly all of her crews home. The last time I walked her decks was when I was about 13 years old (I'm 70 now) and she was pretty rough then. This major work will make her shipshape and Bristol fashion when done. Come on, Texas!

[@ericst-laurent5106]

Yes!

[@greypatch8855]

I love my USS Texas. I'm so happy to see her get the love she deserves! I can't wait to come see her when she's done!

[@vinnylovesretro]

Beautiful job done right - incredibly impressive. Future generations will be able to appreciate this.

[@Normandy1944]

Great presentation Travis (as always)...If anyone is asking themselves, why not just apply the rust inhibitor and seal it and save time sandblasting. It's because rust creates itself in layers and the rust inhibitor only works with direct contact of the piece. So sand blasting knocks it down to the single surface layer where the inhibitor is most effective to probably 100%. Metal technology has advanced to far since this ships last dry dock and that means these applications will ensure she will be with us to teach future generations about her for a long time. I've said this in past responses, I've been down in the steering section well over a decade ago and you could smell the rust it was so prevalent. Thus as Travis states, he feared of a possible collapse...I can attest to the same eerie feeling that if you touched something, it would break.

[@nogoodnameleft]

From 2013-18 they did something like $50 million in repairs to completely replace the flimsy rusting away frames holding those huge engines, boilers, and evaporator as well as many other areas of the ship. This $35 million drydock is nothing in comparison.

[@Normandy1944]

@@nogoodnameleft Knowledge nugget TY, ...I would ascertain that the reason for that cost was doing such patch work in place? ...tight condition and such and reinforcing on old metal. Being on a dry dock allows so much easier access, especially since the hull is being replaced and panels being removed.

[@cirian75]

excellent work, I must visit her when she is finished, if and when I come on holiday to the USA.

[@nogoodnameleft]

She is the last surviving dreadnought and the last surviving WWI battleship

[@smc1942]

Definitely come see her! I'm planning to be there Opening Day!

[@koizumiizumi5426]

fantastic job keeping this jewel of military history

[@geofffikar3417]

She's looking more beautiful every time we see her. Go Texas!

[@NFS_Challenger54]

The restoration project is coming along quite well. I can't believe how many patches were in the ship trying to keep the water out. The last surviving/existing super-dreadnaught battleship needs all the love she can get.

[@chrismaverick9828]

Beautiful work they are doing. It's stunning to see the difference between the tired old girl that was lifted out of the water and this refreshed image that is taking shape.

[@J.A-CA139]

So thats what the inside of a blister tank would have looked like pretty much new in the early 1900s Pretty cool!

[@aserta]

Great work. It's nice to see modern technologies help the old gal!

[@paoloviti6156]

Thanks for sharing the updates on this lovely battleship, looking forward to see new updates 👍👍

[@TexasKid747]

Thank you for saving the Battleship Texas! God Bless Texas, its people and its Battleship! Cheers from (Dallas Area) Texas!

[@williamosgood3565]

Great to see the ship getting all that much needed love. I worked with a guy that served on Texas before WWII. He said she was a worn out rust bucket back then. Amazing she survived all this time!

[@DC9716]

Thank you to all the men and women working to save this magnificent piece of history.

[@ricdale7813]

It is a true joy and privilege too have so many highly qualified and History minded folks running and working the Great Battleship Texas. She is named after a Great State but the hands that built her were from every State and of Every creed and color in the Union. Not too mention the 1000's of sailors who called her home over her service career.

[@nogoodnameleft]

But the people of Texas are the ones who have been paying for her survival and upkeep since 1948. From 2007 to 2019 alone $85 million was spent to repair her and prep her for the drydock repairs. $35 million has been spent on the drydock which was separate from that 12 year period. Without Texans saving her in 1948 Texas would have been nuked or scrapped. When they were named after states they were meant to represent their state first and foremost and they were all christened by the First Lady of each state, showing how they were directly part of each of their states. These battleships were very special and symbolic.

[@ricdale7813]

@@nogoodnameleft I never implied otherwise. The People of Texas have done a Wonderfull service of on going preservation of such a complex National Museum of which Texas is the Sole survivor of a Battleship of that era. Texas has been Great in seeing and ensuring she is a Living Historical record of our times and our People. God Bless.

[@Anthony-ot8vl]

I will gladly hand over my money when this ship is done! So much work went into this.

[@larryjohnson1966]

Looks like a lot of good work going on. Keep up the good work. Can't wait to see the Texas when she head back to wherever she goes.

[@UncleLance67]

Thank you for posting these updates. I am a veteran of the other USS Texas (CGN-39). I hope someday to make the pilgrimage to see the Battleship in Galveston. Any thought of sending a piece of the Battleship off to the current USS Texas (SSN-775) so they can have the set? They already have a piece of the Cruiser.

[@RetiredSailor60]

Thanks for your service Shipmate. OS1 USN Retired here...

Very interesting update. Clearly the drydock was very much needed.

[@spilledepsomsalt4419]

Good to see she finally is getting the attention she needed.

[@chrisjeffries2322]

Excellent! Thank you for the updates.

[@treyedean]

Thanks for sharing all these updates. I have been visiting Battleship Texas since I was a kid. Glad to see her getting the restoration she deserves.

[@tonyInPA]

From a volunteer on the next battleship to drydock….great to see great progress towards long term preservation. See you on 16 April in the dry dock!

[@nogoodnameleft]

What battleship will be drydocked next?

[@henrikchristiansen6145]

Travis, love your videos and updates, your doing an awesome job. Keep up the good work..... Aloha........................

[@gwventura1]

Thank you for the update. Don't worry about being slow to give updates. Take care of the ship. If you continue to release updates even after you are out of drydock that would be great!

[@kenkracko9303]

Glad to see ya'll going to such lengths to enthusiastically combat rust and replace steel where needed. This will greatly extend the ship's quality of life and longevity. Keep up the great work and Come on Texas!

[@MrBobcone]

Love that Book of offsets, unwritten and always true! Remember, measure twice and cut once, this is rule number 1, Thank you Battleship Texas!!!

[@toweroftrollgaming]

Thank guys for letting us use your replica 14in shell for our WW1 photo of 2 of our WW1 Doughboys at the MAGI event

[@wotterthose4511]

so excited to see this ship in person the end of the month in the dry dock tour!

[@charlieslorenson1861]

Well good morning Travis was always looking forward to your next video really like the way that you talked about part of the project that I was part of including the concrete

[@henrymuenich6296]

I'm impressed of the great work ship yard have done ✔️ 👏 👍 👌

[@viperexpress305]

Thanks for the updates ! The hull is the most important part of the ship ! Once the hull is done the rest of the ship will be easier to manage ! 😀👍🍺

[@The_Modeling_Underdog]

Impressive amount of hard work. As you go through the hull on these vlogs, the real amount of damage caused by water intrusion and age comes to full light. Texas deserves to be looked after like this. Great video.

[@williamlloyd3769]

Fantastic progress! Looking forward to a ships visit.

[@drdremd]

Excellent to see you getting it done.

[@hond654]

Very impressive work. Much bigger than I thought, best of luck with the remaining surprises.

[@Viking74256]

Keep these updates coming !!! I love old ship restorations!!

[@Noble713]

The love and care for this ship is moving, and she deserves it. Keep up the great work!

[@Greymist73]

Wow, amazing work, great job.

[@libraeotequever3pointoh95]

It is a joy to see the Texas getting the care she needs.

[@robertdavis9803]

Can't wait to tour the ship when it's completed.

[@klsc8510]

Before this I watched Ryan's (BB-62) April Fools tour of CV-6 USS Enterprise. So my dream, OK, fantasy would be for USS Texas and USS Enterprise to be drydocked side by side getting maintenance. What a sight that would be!!! I do hope you can get a weekly update going. Maybe video a walking tour group doing a tour? Still not bad for a 100+ year old grand lady!

[@nogoodnameleft]

CV-6 Enterprise no longer exists. They foolishly scrapped her like when they nuked Saratoga, another OG scrappy carrier like CV-6 during the chaotic 1941-42 naval battles and crises. That Enterprise that still exists is an impostor and is not the CV-6 that served so bravely and long like the sole survivor of those old aircraft carriers that were sunk or heavily damaged in 1941-42.

[@stretch3281]

Great to see all the good progress.

[@frankedgar6694]

I got to visit the USS Alabama and those vessels in Galveston. I’m looking forward to visiting the USS Texas. At 70, I hope it is finished in time for me to be able to visit.

[@nogoodnameleft]

Alabama is lovely. She is one of the most visited museum ships in America. She is in the perfect location and day trip stop for road trips from Texas/Louisiana/West to Florida on long drives.

[@IslandJoe45]

I just did the dock tour this previous Sunday. Really enjoyed it, and the staff was excellent!

[@svgproductions72]

She’s looking great! Would love to go visit her one day soon !

[@Welder-y5x]

fantastic workmanship, please more updates, GO TEXAS from the UK.

[@davidbarnsley8486]

So good to see the ship is progressing real well Should be very good when finished 👍👍

[@blackbuttecruizr]

Great work!

[@mwhitelaw8569]

Big shout to the fitting crew!!! She's gettin right boys!!! Heck yeah

[@sabrekai8706]

Doing a great job to keep the old girl alive and well. Concrete was one of the worst things ever put into a ship or boat. I bought a 30ft wood cutter back in 85. Seems the owners wife tended to get sick as the boat was a bit tender. So, he lifted the floor boards and put in steel scrap and cement. Fast forward til I bought her. The garbord strake on both sides was flopping loose, and the ribs were like powder. Chiselled out the cement and steel and found the oak keel and ribs were literally dissolved into just the fibres. 30 pairs of ribs and the top of the keel to a depth of 3 inches. all the 3 inch thick floors were just about toast. NEVER ever put cement into you boat.

[@paulbrancato8262]

Thanks for the update.

[@michaelphillips8238]

Great update - thank you. Hopefully you'll be able to release the footage of the restoration of the guns at a later time.

[@suspiciousminds1750]

Impressive! Thanks for your hard work!

[@flatworm00]

Very interesting! You could update evrey week as far as I am concerned!

[@benniebarrow348]

Awesome work !…..she’s gonna be beautiful. Thanks for the informative updates

[@rachelcarre9468]

Well done! it looks like you’ve turned a corner and she’s starting to look more seaworthy again.

[@louisorlando9694]

I think y’all are doing a great job! Thank y’all!

[@VanF350]

Until I saw this video, I didn't really appreciate how large the space inside the new blister tanks is. Looking at the pictures of the modules sitting on their own, I wondered how the welders could fit inside. Wow, was I mistaken.

[@davidlee8551]

Keep up the good work. Thanks.

[@ronsmith7739]

I hope we will move up to the Houston Ship Channel in the Turning Basin area and have a concrete dry dock for the ship. I think this would be the best place for this. Thank you for all the best !!!!

[@nogoodnameleft]

Eww. Mikasa is rotting as we speak. She already is only 40% of the original Mikasa and now the hull is rotting away while encased in concrete. Texas should be and thankfully will be a floating museum. Heavy ships like her will collapse due to gravity if encased in concrete. She is like twice the size of Mikasa also.

[@poohbearsmom160]

Thank you for keeping us updated!

[@KyriosMirage]

Glad to see she's coming along so well! Definitely going to come down to see her when she's back home!

[@void1.1datastream55]

Inspiring work to make her better again.

[@fishstillwater]

Thank you. I've been watching and what a fascinating series. ❤

[@FrankMuchnok]

Great progress guys. Keep up the good work. Even if we can't afford to chip in we're still rooting for you.

[@danielodonnell8998]

I cannot wait to see USS Texas completed

[@panzerwolf494]

Such a shame she got to this condition in the first place. Glad to see she's finally getting some of the care she needs

[@gunny60]

God Speed !! Doing it right !!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@joshuariddensdale2126]

Any chance of adding Trumpeter's 1/350 scale model of the Texas to your online store? I'd seriously buy it. The included paint chart has Texas in her current overall dark gray scheme, but I have seen pics of a time when she wore Measure 22 (Navy Blue up to the main deck, and Haze Gray above).

[@Mortarshot]

Ditto, i'd love to build one last model, and that bring the Texas. I've known her all my life, being born in 1956 and lived in this area all my life.

[@joshuariddensdale2126]

@@Mortarshot I'm at that same point. I've built quite a few small 1/700 scale battleships, and a couple in 1/350, but otherwise, I'm literally running out of room. So I'm probably going to just do one last kit until I get around to making more room.

[@danmathers141]

I am impressed with the work going on.

[@truthsayers8725]

absolutely amazing video! i love your descriptions and explanations and of course now we can see what youve been doing and how and why! i wish i could make it down for a visit but i dont think, ill happen due to my scheduling

[@stevekopke2882]

I think that it’s awesome that there saving this battleship

[@mattharvey8712]

Bravo.......wow hats off......I like it in dry dock......store in in dry dock......buy tickets now.........royal cruiser.....first float trail........Panama canal ...cheers

[@OtherWorldExplorers]

Take your time do it right. And you only have to do it once.

[@Transit_Biker]

Really glad you are able to get the real fixes this ship needs to stay afloat long term.

[@davidlawrencebanks4610]

Extremely interesting, appreciate your hard work and time to share it 👍