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    USS Texas

    LA PORTE, TEXAS, UNITED STATES

    08.21.2010

    Courtesy Photo

    U.S. Navy           

    Chief Petty Officer (Sel.) Juval Velasquez, a Navy career counselor, and Chief Petty Officer (Sel.) Giovanni Salvador, a Navy career counselor, clean the machine shop aboard the museum battleship USS Texas as part of a Navy Recruiting District, Houston, chief indoctrination community relations project. The battleship is being restored to her 1945 condition. The former USS Texas (BB 35) was commissioned March 12, 1914 and decommissioned April 21, 1948. The battleship saw action in World War I and World War II. Compartments of this museum ship have been featured in several Hollywood movies including "Pearl Harbor" and "Flags of Our Fathers."

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    Date Taken: 08.21.2010
    Date Posted: 08.28.2010 08:16
    Photo ID: 313340
    VIRIN: 100821-N-8390S-049
    Resolution: 2144x1424
    Size: 313.6 KB
    Location: LA PORTE, TEXAS, US

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