Daily Event for May 18, 2005
A big day in U.S. Battleship history 1898: The USS Alabama Battleship #8 was launched by William Cramp and Sons in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1901: The USS Ohio Battleship #12 was launched by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California. and in 1912 the USS Texas Battleship #35 was launched by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia.
USS Texas BB-35 in La Porte, Texas
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