USS Texas (CGN-39)

USS Texas underway on 23 June 1985
History
United States
NameTexas
NamesakeState of Texas
Ordered21 December 1971
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Laid down18 August 1973
Launched9 August 1975
Sponsored byBetty Jane Briscoe
Commissioned10 September 1977
Decommissioned16 July 1993
Stricken16 July 1993
Identification
MottoProud Heritage, Proud Purpose
FateNuclear Recycling, 30 October 2001
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeVirginia-class cruiser
Displacement11,000 long tons (11,000 t) full
Length585 ft (178 m)
Beam63 ft (19 m)
Draft31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion2 General Electric D2G reactors, geared turbines, twin propellers, 60,000 hp (45,000 kW)
Speed30+ knots
RangeNuclear
Complement39 officers, 539 men
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament

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.

  1. ^ "Cruiser Texas launched". Victoria Advocate. (Texas). Associated Press. 10 August 1975. p. 6A.
  2. ^ United Press International, "Cruiser Launched", Playground Daily News, (Fort Walton Beach, Florida), Wednesday 13 August 1975, Volume 30, Number 161, page 8A.