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USS Texas
VI
Rank
AB
6.7
RB
6.7
Battle rating
USA
Game nation
Battleship
Main role
380,000
RP
Research
990,000
SL
Purchase
General information

The USS Texas was a New York-class battleship. Built as the first ship of her class, even before the lead ship USS New York, she was built by Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard and laid down on 17th April 1911 and commissioned on 12th March 1914. USS Texas was the first in many things for the US Navy, including the first ship worldwide to carry 14-inch (356 mm) guns, the first US battleship to mount anti-aircraft guns, the first US battleship to be able to launch aircraft, the first US warship to control gunfire with directors and range keepers, and one of the first US warships to receive a production radar. She is also the last surviving dreadnought-style battleship, conserved as a museum ship in dry-dock in Galveston, Texas.

USS Texas served in WWI in Europe without seeing any action. In 1926, she underwent a refit that added torpedo blisters to the sides of the hull. At the beginning of WWII, she patrolled the Atlantic until returning to the United States in 1941. In 1942, she would return to the Atlantic and then the Mediterranean as part of a task force supporting Operation Torch. During the North African landings, she conducted two fire support missions bombarding Vichy French positions. Until D-Day in 1944, she resumed escorting convoys. She supported the Omaha beach landing and Rangers attacking Pointe du Hoc. After the capture of France, she left to the Pacific to take part in the Battle of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. She was placed in reserve on 18th June 1946, and became a museum ship in 1948.

USS Texas was introduced in Update "Sons of Attila" as the third 14-inch US Navy battleship. Unlike Arizona, she possesses less firepower due to having only ten guns instead of twelve found on Arizona. As a WWI-era coal-powered dreadnought, USS Texas is quite slow and sluggish. Her magazines, although at the waterline, are protected by 305 mm thick belt armour which is sufficient protection against most long-range shells coming in at an angle. As USS Texas is in her 1945 refit, she has an anti-air search radar at her disposal, giving information about incoming threats from afar and with her large battery of medium and light autocannons ready to deal with any threat.


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Specification
Armour
Citadel 279 / 305 / 69 mm
Main fire tower 356 / 229 / 229 mm
Hull 25 mm (steel)
Superstructure 16 mm (steel)
Number of sections 9
Displacement 32,000 t
Crew 1,810 persons
Max speed
Forward 38324432 km/h
Backward 119139 km/h
Primary armament
5 × Turret — 2 × 14 inch/45 Mk.12 cannon
Ammunition 1,200 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
52 → 40 s
Vertical guidance -5 / 15°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal 21.721.7 °/s
Vertical 43.443.4 °/s

AmmunitionTypeArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
APCBC638601551511478431
HE717171717171
Secondary armament
6 × Turret — 5 inch/51 Mk.7 cannon
Ammunition 1,380 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
8.7 → 6.7 s
Vertical guidance -15 / 17°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal 86.886.8 °/s
Vertical 97.797.7 °/s

AmmunitionTypeArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
Common1159982716353
APC19316613711810589
Anti-aircraft armament
10 × Turret — 3-inch/50 Mk.10 cannon
Ammunition 2,000 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
4.1 → 3.2 s
Vertical guidance -15 / 85°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal 119.4119.4 °/s
Vertical 1512.81512.8 °/s

AmmunitionTypeArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
HE-TF777777
10 × Turret — 4 × 40 mm Bofors L/60 Mark 2 gun
Ammunition 80,000 rounds
Belt capacity 4 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
0.5 → 0.4 s
Fire rate 156 shots/min
Vertical guidance -10 / 90°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal 3025.53025.5 °/s
Vertical 2420.42420.4 °/s

BeltBelt fillingArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
HEFI-T444444
44 × Turret — 20 mm/70 Oerlikon Mk.II autocannon
Ammunition 79,200 rounds
Belt capacity 60 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
5.2 → 4 s
Fire rate 450 shots/min
Vertical guidance -5 / 65°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal 7563.87563.8 °/s
Vertical 6555.36555.3 °/s

BeltBelt fillingArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
HEF-T/AP-T343226211816
Economy
Repair cost Basic → Reference
AB 26,310 → 33,045 SL
RB 32,365 → 40,650 SL
Crew training 280,000 SL
Experts 990,000 SL
Aces 2,000 GE
Research Aces 830,000 RP
Reward multiplier AB / RB
450 / 600 % SL
208 % RP
Total cost of modifications 297,000 RP
454,000 SL
Talisman cost 2,300 GE

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