Admiral
Nimitz State Historic Site,
Fredericksburg.
Blockade Runner Denbigh (1860-65)
Texas A&M Archaeology Project - Web Site
.
Consolidated Steel Shipyard
in Orange
- Web Site.
Houston Maritime Museum,
Houston
.
Iwo Jima Monument Original Sculpture, Marine
Military Academy, Harlingen
.
Mothballed Ships on Sabine River
near Orange
- Web Site -
Deactivated.
Texas Maritime Museum,
Rockport.
Texas Seaport Museum,
Galveston - Museum vessel.
Active Texas Military Facilities
(Base access may not be available)
Marine Aircraft Group 41, NAS Fort Worth JRB
- Fort Worth (no exhibits).
Naval
Air Station Corpus Christi (Truax Field) - Corpus
Christi (no exhibits).
Naval Air
Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base (NAS Fort Worth JRB) -
Fort Worth (exhibits require military ID).
Navy Region South - South Central US
- Web Site.
Closed Texas Military Facilities
Naval
Air Station Dallas (Hensley Field) -
Dallas
- Web Site.
Ships in Museums in Texas
Admiral's Barge (No. 12928) Officers'
Motorboat
Fredericksburg - Museum vessel.
Japanese HA-19 (HA-19: Type "A") Midget Submarine - Nimitz Museum
(1938-41) -
Fredericksburg - Museum vessel.
PT-309 (PT-309: Higgins
78-ft) Patrol Torpedo Boat - Nimitz
Museum (1944-45) -
Fredericksburg - Museum vessel.
Tall Ship Elissa -
Galveston - Museum vessel.
USS Cavalla (SS-244: Gato-class) Submarine (1944-71)
- Galveston - Museum vessel.
USS Lexington (CV-16: Essex-class) Aircraft Carrier
(1943-91) - Corpus
Christi - Museum vessel®.
USS Seawolf (SS-197: Gato-class)
Submarine Memorial (1944),
Galveston - Sank in
Battle.
USS
Stewart (DE-238: Edsall-class) Destroyer Escort (Under restoration)
(1943-58) -
Galveston - Museum vessel.
USS Texas (BB-35: New York-class)
"Battleship State Historic Site" (1914-48),
LaPorte - Museum vessel.
Navy Ships Named for State of Texas
CSS Texas
- Confederate Ironclad Ram (Launched 1865)
- Web Site - Scrapped.
USS Texas (Texas-class) US Navy's First Battleship
(1895-1911) - Web Site -
Renamed USS San Marcos in 1911 and sunk as target vessel
USS Texas (BB-35: New York-class)
Battleship State Historic Site (1914-48),
LaPorte - Museum vessel is the only
remaining Dreadnought-style warship in the world.
USS Texas (CGN-39: Virginia-class) Guided Missile Cruiser
(1977-93) - Web Site -
Scrapped.
USS Texas (SSN-775:
Virginia-class)
Attack Submarine (2005+) - Web Site -
Joins fleet 2005
Navy Ships Named for Texas Citizens
USS George
H.W. Bush (CVN-77: Nimitz-class) Aircraft Carrier (2008+) - Web Site -
Joins fleet 2008.
USS Nimitz (CVN-68:
Nimitz-class) Aircraft Carrier (1975+)
- Web Site -
Active duty
Navy Ships Named for Texas Cities or
Battles
USS Abilene
(PF-58: Tacoma-class) Patrol Frigate (1944-46)
- Web Site.
USS Alamo (LSD-33: Thomaston-class) Landing Ship Dock
(1956-90) - Web Site -
Loaned to Brazilian Navy
USS Austin (LPD-4: Austin-class) Amphibious Transport Dock
(1965-2006) - Web Site -
Newly decommissioned.
USS Brownsville (PF-10:
Tacoma-class) Patrol Frigate
(1944-46) - Web Site - Scrapped.
USS Corpus Christi (PF-44:
Tacoma-class) Patrol Frigate
(1944-46) - Web Site
USS Corpus Christi Bay (T-ARVH1-1) Army
Helo Repair Ship (1966-74) - Web Site
-
Scrapped.
USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN-705: Los Angeles-class)
Submarine (1983+) - Web Site -
Active duty.
USS Dallas (SSN-700: Los Angeles-class) Submarine
(1981+)
- Web Site -
Active duty.
USS El Paso
(PF-41:
Tacoma-class)
Patrol Frigate
(1943-46) - Web Site
USS El Paso
(LKA-117: Charleston-class) Amphibious Cargo Ship (1970-94) - Web Site -
Mothballed.
USS Houston (AK-1: ex-German freighter
Liebenfels) Freighter
(1971-22) - Web Site -
Scrapped.
USS Houston (CA-30: Northampton-class) Heavy Cruiser
(1930-42) - Web Site -
Sank in battle
USS Houston (CL-81: Cleveland-class)
Light Cruiser (1943-61) - Web Site -
Scrapped.
USS Matagorda (AVP-22: Barnegat-class) Seaplane Tender
(1941-49) - Web Site - Sunk as
target vessel.
USS Orange
(PF-43:
Tacoma-class)
Patrol Frigate
(1944-46) - Web Site
USS San Antonio (LPD-17: San Antonio-class) Amphibious Transport
Dock (2006+) - Web Site -
Active duty.
USS San Jacinto (CVL-30: Independence-class) Light Aircraft Carrier
(1944-71) - Web Site -
Scrapped.
USS San Jacinto (CG-56: Ticonderoga-class) Guided Missile Cruiser
(1988+) - Web Site -
Active duty.
USS San Marcos
- Light Battleship
(Renamed from USS Texas in 1911) - Web
Site - Sunk as target vessel
USS San Marcos (LSD-25: Cabildo-class) Landing Ship Dock
(1945-71) - Web Site -
Scrapped.
USS Waxahachie (YTB-814: Natick-class)
Harbor Tug (1971+) - Web Site -
Active Duty.
Navy Ships Named for Texas Counties
USS Blanco County
(LST-344: LST-1 class)
(1943-69)
- Scrapped
USS Terrell County (LST-1157:
LST-1156 class)
(1953-71)
- Transferred to Greek Navy.
Navy Ships Named for Texas Rivers &
Promontories
USS Brazos (AO-4: Kanawha/Cuyama-class)
Fleet Oiler (1919-46) - Web Site -
Scrapped.
MV Cape Texas (T-AKR-112: Cape T-class; formerly the
Reichenfels) Vehicle Roll-on/Roll-off Ship
(1994+)
- Web Site - Active reserve fleet.
USS Guadalupe (AO-32: Cimarron-class)
Fleet Oiler (1941-75) - Web Site -
Scrapped.
USNS Guadalupe (TAO-200: Henry J.
Kaiser-class) Fleet Oiler (1991+)
- Web Site - Active Duty
USS Neches (AO-5:
Kanawha/Cuyama-class)
Fleet Oiler
(1919-42) - Web Site -
Sank in battle
USS Neches (AO-47: Mattaponi-class) Fleet Oiler
(1942-70) - Web Site -
Scrapped
USS Nueces
(APB-40:
Benewah-class) Self-Propelled Barracks Ship
(1945-70)
- Converted to berthing & messing barge in Sasebo
USS Pecos (AO-6: Kanawha/Cuyama-class) Fleet Oiler
(1921-42) - Web Site -
Sank in battle
USS Pecos (AO-65: Anacostia-class) Fleet Oiler
(1942-74) - Web Site -
Scrapped
USNS Pecos (TAO-197:
Henry J. Kaiser-class)
Fleet Oiler
(1990+) - Web Site -
Active duty
USCGC Point Baker
(WPB-82342)
Coast Guard 82' Patrol Boat
(1963-2002)
- Web Site -
Sold to Georgian Navy
after long service at Port Aransas
USS Rio Grande (AOG-3:
Patapsco-class)
Gasoline Tanker
(1943-56) - Web Site -
Scrapped
USS Sabine
- Sailing Frigate
(1855-83)
- Web Site -
Scrapped
USS Sabine
(AO-25: Cimarron-class) Fleet Oiler
(1940-69)
- Web Site -
Scrapped
Republic of Texas Ships
Texas Navy Ship
Archer - Brig
(1840-43) - Web Site -
Scrapped
Texas Navy Ship
Austin - Sloop-of-War
(1840-43) - Web Site -
Scrapped
Texas Navy Ship
Brutus - Schooner
(1836-37) - Web Site -
Lost in storm
Texas Navy Ship
Independence - Schooner
(1836-37) - Web Site -
Captured by Mexico
Texas Navy Ship
Invincible - Schooner
(1836-37) - Web Site -
Sank in battle
Texas Navy Ship
Potomac - Brig
(1838-42) - Web Site - Scrapped
Texas Navy Ship San Antonio - Schooner
(1839-42) - Web Site -
Mysteriously lost
at sea after mutiny.
Texas Navy Ship San Bernard - Schooner
(1839-42) - Web Site -
Scrapped.
Texas Navy Ship
San Jacinto - Schooner
(1839-40) - Web Site -
Sank in storm
Texas Navy Ship
Wharton - Brig
(1839-43) - Web Site -
Scrapped
Steamer Yellow Stone
(Sam Houston's river transportation during Texas Revolution)
(1836)
- Web Site.
Texas Navy Ship
Zavala - Steam Packet
(1839-42) - Web Site -
Scrapped
Other Naval Interest Topics
Mother of All Maritime Links
- Web Site
Naval Institute
- Web Site.
Naval Vessel
Register
- Web Site.
Navy ROTC - Universities in Texas
- Web Site.
USS Dixie (AD-14) Destroyer Tender
(1940-82) - Web Site - Scrapped.
US Naval Activities in Texas in WWII, Listed
by City.
US Navy Ships - Listed by Name -
Web Site.
