I-Houston yidolophu enkulu, ezele iziza ukuba zibone kunye nezinto zokwenza . I-Houston inezinto zonke ezivela kwiindawo ezikhangayo zendalo ukuya kwiimyuziyamu zanamhlanje ukuya kwiindawo zembali. Enyanisweni, enye yezona ndawo ezidumileyo kwiTexas zifumaneka nje ngekhilomitha elifutshane ngaphandle kwe-Houston - iSan Jacinto Battleground apho iTexas yafumana ukuzimela kwayo eMexico. U-Berthed nje ukuhamba okufutshane kwiSikhumbuzo seSan Jacinto kunye neNdawo yokuHlalwa kweMfazwe ngenye inxalenye yembali yaseTexas, iBattleship eTexas.
Le nqanawa yembali yashukunyiselwa eSan Jacinto Battleground ngo-Ephreli 1948. Namhlanje, ivulelekile kuluntu njengeSigqeba seBattleship sase-Texas State Historic Site.
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Ukumiselwa ukuba kwakhiwe ngaphezu kwekhulu leminyaka edlulileyo-ngoJuni 1910-i-USS Texas enye yeempahla ezinde kakhulu eziseNegeal kwimbali yase-United States. Namhlanje yiyona nto kuphela ephilayo ekhuselekileyo yokusebenzela kwiMfazwe Yehlabathi I kunye neMfazwe II yehlabathi. Ekubeni ivulekile kwiiholide zikawonkewonke, ukutyelela iBattleship eTexas kuyindlela enhle yokuzivelela imbali yeemfazwe ezimbini "ezinkulu" ezikhusele indawo yaseMelika njengehlabathi elinamandla.
Iinqwelo zokulwa zaseTexas zichazwa njenge-'New York Class Battleship ', oku kuthetha ukuba yayiyinxalenye yesihlanu yeenqwelo-moya ezinqabileyo ezinkulu ezenzelwe inkonzo kwi-US Navy ekugqibeleni yasebenza kwiMfazwe Yehlabathi I kunye neMfazwe Yehlabathi II. Kwakukho iinqwelo ezimbini zeeNew York Class - i-USS New York kunye ne-USS Texas.
Le mibini yeenqanawa yayiyokuqala ukusebenzisa izibhamu eziyi-14 intshi. Le mibhobho yamabutho yathunyelwa ngo-1910 kwaye yaqalisa ngo-1912. Inkonzo elandelayo, i-USS New York yayisetyenziswe njengezixhobo ze-athomu kwaye, ekugqibeleni, yanyuka. I-USS Texas, nangona kunjalo, yanikelwa, yahlaziywa kwaye igcinwa njengendawo yesiganeko esidlangalaleni.
Emva kokusungula ngo-1912, i-USS Texas yathunyelwa ngo-1914. Isenzo sokuqala esilubonile imfazwe sasiseGulf of Mexico emva kweNkcazo yeTampico, ukungavumelani phakathi kwe-United States neMexico okubangele ukuhlala kwe-US yaseVeracruz. Ukususela ngo-1916, i-USS Texas yathatha inkonzo kwiMfazwe Yehlabathi I. Inqanawa kunye nabasebenzi babekho ngo-1918 ukunikezelwa kwe-Jamani ephakamileyo yamaLwandle. Ngowe-1941 i-Battleship eTexas yangena kwinkonzo yeMfazwe Yehlabathi II. Phakathi kweengqungquthela zeenkonzo ze-USS Texas kwiWWII ziquka ukudlulisa i-General Eisenhower yokuqala ye "Voice of Freedom" ukusasazwa, ukuthutha iWalter Cronkite ukuhlaselwa eMorocco apho yaqala khona incwadi yakhe yemfazwe, ethatha inxaxheba kwi-D-Day yokuhlasela eNormandy, kwaye inkxaso yempuphu e-Iwo Jima nase-Okinawa.
Emva kweMfazwe Yehlabathi II, i-USS Texas yabuyela eNorfolk, VA, yafudlulelwa ngokufutshane kwiBaltimore, MD, kwaye yagqitywa kwiSan Jacinto State Park kunye neSayithi leMbali apho yachithwa ngo-Ephreli 1948. Ukususela ngeli xesha, iBattleship eTexas wakhonza njengesikhumbuzo somntu osisigxina kunye nendawo yomlando. Ibutho lamaTexas laseTexas lahlaziywa ngokukhulu ukusukela ngo-1988-1990 kunye nokubuyiswa okuncinci ngo-2005.
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Namhlanje, iindwendwe kwi-Battleship Texas State Historic Site zivunyelwe ukuba zikhange kwaye zikhwele iinqanawa. I-Battleship eTexas ivulekile ukususela nge-10 ukuya kwe-5 ntambama iintsuku ezisixhenxe ngeveki. Isayithi ivaliwe kwi-Thanksgiving, kwi-Christmas Eve, kunye neKrisimesi. Inqanawa iyafumaneka kwakhona kwinkomfa yokusetyenziswa kwemali eyi-150 yeentsuku zokusetyenziswa kunye ne-$ 250 ngosuku olupheleleyo. Imirhumo yokungeniswa kweendwendwe zeentsuku ziyi-$ 12 kubantu abadala. Abantwana abayi-12 nangaphantsi bakhululekile. Amazinga eqela ayafumaneka kwi-USS Texas. Ukuhlala ngokukhawuleza kunokucwangciselwa amaqela abantu aba-15 okanye ngaphezulu. Ukufumana ulwazi oluthe vetshe, tyelela iwebhusayithi yeBattleship yaseTexas State Historic Site ngekhonkco elingezantsi.