USS Texas

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Stock #:397981
Type: Postcard
Publisher: Enrique Mullen
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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Battleship of the second class. Launched at Norfolk, Virginia, June 28, 1892; length 308 feet 10 inches; breadth 64 feet 1 inch; draught 22 feet 6 inches; displacement 6,700 tons; speed 17.80 knots; 30 guns, 30 officers and 478 men. Under command of Capt. John W. Phillips, the Texas took prominent part in the Battle of Santiago, which resulted in the destruction of the Spanish fleet. This view shows her saluting in New York Harbor as she left for the war

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