Battleship Texas Hard Hat Tours

Battleship Texas Hard Hat Tours Battleship Texas Hard Hat Tours are guided tours led by the First Texas Volunteers. Go into the boiler room and see what powered this dreadnaught.

Go beyond the locked gates and into a world of war machinery that served in two World Wars. Learn about the process used to load and fire the main guns by viewing the shell and powder handling rooms and then the turret itself. There are many other sites to be seen that are only available through a Hard Hat Tour, give us a call and book your spot today.

06/07/2021
This was good news. Very glad she is alright.
05/24/2020

This was good news. Very glad she is alright.

San Francisco Fire Department Chief Janine Nicholson explains what firefighters had to do to salvage the SS Jeremiah O’Brien, a historic ship used during World War II.

Come over to the First Texas Volunteers page, the main page for the volunteers aboard the ship.
05/16/2020

Come over to the First Texas Volunteers page, the main page for the volunteers aboard the ship.

05/16/2020

First of all, I would like to thank all of you who follow this page. Your interest and support of the TEXAS has helped keep her afloat (literally). In the coming month we will be taking this page down. There are several reasons for this. With the ship hopefully departing for a shipyard in the second half of the year, it will likely be at least the fall of 2022 before we can resume Hard Hat Tours aboard ship (don't worry, there is full intention to resume the tours when she's back and ready). Another reason is a desire to streamline our social media presence. As many of you already know, there is a parent page to this one, the FIRST TEXAS VOLUNTEERS page. Many of you already follow this page, and if you don't, please give it a like. It makes more sense to handle all of our posts through that one page. As the transition of the ship from Texas Parks and Wildlife to the Battleship Texas Foundation nears completion, the Battleship Texas Foundation page will become the primary page for the TEXAS. The FTV page will be the primary source for the activities of the volunteers aboard ship. The content that you've seen here will be on the FTV page, plus more. We appreciate you continuing to follow us as we get TEXAS ready for the next phase of her storied life.

03/18/2020
03/12/2020

Photos from the last formal reunion of members of the TEXAS's crew held on March 12th, 2014, the centennial of her commissioning. 33 crewmembers, ranging from 87 to 101 years in age, attended.

Happy Thanksgiving!
11/26/2019

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving day obstacle course on November 26, 1914 in Veracruz, Mexico.

10/23/2019
Happy 244th Navy!
10/14/2019

Happy 244th Navy!

10/01/2019

Help us remember Clarence B. Olson today.
World War II
Service # 36330675
Private First Class, U.S. Army
602nd Field Artillery Battalion
Entered Service From: Illinois
Date of Death: October 1, 1944
Buried: Plot A Row 8 Grave 16
Rhone American Cemetery
Draguignan, France
Award: Purple Heart


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La Porte, TX
77571

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