During the early twentieth century, Newport News Shipbuilding Company constructed the USS Texas (BB-35), which was commissioned on March 12, 1914. After surviving two world wars, this magnificent vessel became the last surviving dreadnaught battleship, representing an important piece of local and national history.
![USS Texas: More Firsts than any U.S. Naval Ship Battleship Texas](https://houstonhistorymagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/IMG_1900-e1394833055537-100x100.jpg)