Updated 08 July 2010

USS Texas BB-35 in November 1944
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 80-G-289714

Forward turrets of USS Texas BB-35
Photograph copyrighted by Max S. Hanley

Stern turrets on USS Texas BB-35 in 1980
Note 20 mm Oerlikon guns in the foreground
U.S. Navy Photograph No. DN-SC-86-04744

USS Nevada BB-38 at the Normandy Invasion on 06 June 1944
Note the unusual camouflage patterns on the gun barrels
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 50758

After turrets of USS New York BB-34 bombarding Iwo Jima on 16 February 1945
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 80-G-8952

Inert 14" (35.6 cm) Shells now on display on USS Texas BB-35 at the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site in Texas
Picture copyrighted by Charley Seavey

Dud German 24 cm (9.4") shell that hit USS Texas BB-35 on 25 June 1944 during her bombardment of Battery Hamburg, located east of Cherbourg, France.  Projectile appears to be a 24 cm Spr.gr. L/4,1 Bdz (HE with base fuze).  In the background are the 14"/45 (35.6 cm) guns of USS Texas.
The USN officers are Rear Admiral Carleton F. Bryant (left) and Captain Charles A. Baker, CO, USS Texas
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph 80-G-46961

22 November 2008 - Benchmark
08 July 2010 - Corrected picture caption for USS Texas