The most anticipated agenda item at last week's Port of Galveston Board of Trustees meeting felt, in many ways, like a foregone conclusion. But when the board voted to extend a long-term lease to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Provided the permits necessary to berth the ship at Galveston's Pier 15 go through in a timely fashion, the Battleship Texas ...

The most powerful weapon in the world in 1914, are the words used to describe the famous USS Texas, a massive US Navy New York-class battleship which served in both WWI and WWII. The ship, which is ...

Because of the size of the warship, the options for docking the Texas in an affordable manner were limited. The Port of Galveston, where the ship was already undergoing maintenance, made the most ...

Starting on May 4, the Battleship Texas Foundation is offering an exclusive tour for the public. The tour is by reservation only and will focus on the role of the ship in the WWII D-Day invasion of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students from Santa Fe High School tour Battleship Texas as work continues on the last surviving dreadnought in Galveston, ...

You fight in multiple wars, finally get retirement and all you have to show for it is rust and a robot fish. Such is life for the weary Battleship Texas, one of the few battleships left in the world ...

GALVESTON, Texas — More than 80 years after Charles "Buzzy" Kehlenbeck served on the Battleship Texas, he got a chance to reunite with the historic vessel to celebrate his 101st birthday. "It's giving ...

This time next year, the Battleship Texas could be comfortably nestled into its new berth at Galveston's Pier 15. Maybe. The historic warship's caretaker, the Battleship Texas Foundation, remains ...