&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:330-CFD-DN-ST-85-12690_(23039794586).jpg) USS Texas underway on 23 June 1985
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Texas |
| Namesake | State of Texas |
| Ordered | 21 December 1971 |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
| Laid down | 18 August 1973 |
| Launched | 9 August 1975 |
| Sponsored by | Betty Jane Briscoe |
| Commissioned | 10 September 1977 |
| Decommissioned | 16 July 1993 |
| Stricken | 16 July 1993 |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Proud Heritage, Proud Purpose |
| Fate | Nuclear Recycling, 30 October 2001 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Virginia-class cruiser |
| Displacement | 11,000 long tons (11,000 t) full |
| Length | 585 ft (178 m) |
| Beam | 63 ft (19 m) |
| Draft | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 General Electric D2G reactors, geared turbines, twin propellers, 60,000 hp (45,000 kW) |
| Speed | 30+ knots |
| Range | Nuclear |
| Complement | 39 officers, 539 men |
| Sensors and processing systems | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | |
| Armament |
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USS Texas (DLGN/CGN-39) was the United States Navy's second Virginia-class nuclear guided missile cruiser. She was the third ship of the Navy to be named in honor of the State of Texas. Her keel was laid down on 18 August 1973, at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company.
She was initially designated a guided missile destroyer leader (DLGN), but was reclassified as a guided missile cruiser and given the hull classification symbol CGN-39 on 30 June 1975, as part of the Navy's ship reclassification plan. She was launched on 9 August 1975, sponsored by Betty Jane Briscoe, wife of Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe,[1][2] and commissioned on 10 September 1977.
- ^ "Cruiser Texas launched". Victoria Advocate. (Texas). Associated Press. 10 August 1975. p. 6A.
- ^ United Press International, "Cruiser Launched", Playground Daily News, (Fort Walton Beach, Florida), Wednesday 13 August 1975, Volume 30, Number 161, page 8A.