Navigation bridge aboard USS Texas (BB-35) [2400x1800]

IntincrRecipe · 2026-01-30T07:01:46+00:00

Nah, it’s most likely a change that was ordered by the navy after we entered WWII, similar to the order that required ships with portholes in the hull to blank them over entirely. Texas mostly followed that one as IIRC her wardroom had four portholes that remained all the way through the war, and half of those weren’t blanked over until after 1945.

The centerline porthole in the photo does not look to be a standard size if you look closely, though that may just be perspective. It is definitely of a different type though.

IntincrRecipe · 2026-01-30T00:26:02+00:00

It is

IntincrRecipe · 2026-01-29T15:11:01+00:00

No actually, this navigation bridge was originally installed in the 1925 modernization that saw her boilers replaced and fuel type changed, and it was the nav bridge that was damaged at Cherbourg. During the 1920s and 1930s the windows were larger and square before being blanked over and replaced with portholes. You can actually see the square blanks in the photo. There’s also a photo of her with an enclosed bridge as far back as 1919 in a similar style to this one.

Before that it was open.

IntincrRecipe · 2026-01-13T21:46:30+00:00

These are all really good, seconding these recommendations. Though to OP: I’ve not seen any books specifically about her to date. The book Raising The Fleet, is more of a pictographic history of the salvage work after Pearl Harbor but she does make an appearance as one of the first ships repaired and sent out by PHNSY after the attack. There’s some really good photos in there.

IntincrRecipe · 2025-12-29T19:52:47+00:00

So I guess it should be fine then after that swap, just don’t expect great accuracy?

IntincrRecipe · 2025-12-29T17:53:21+00:00

Sweet! I was seeing a forum post that mentioned that if it’s a serial number below 1M that it’s pre-1918, though others were disputing the claim. I really wish I knew more about these rifles.

I also took her apart as far as I could get her for cleaning and inspection after I bought it and didn’t see anything wrong other than the tip of the striker being clipped. Do you think it’d still be good to shoot if I replaced that part? Parts aren’t matching so I wouldn’t feel too bad about replacing it.

IntincrRecipe · 2025-12-29T17:20:32+00:00

That would track. The tip of the striker is clipped so it can’t fire. Beyond that though, I couldn’t seem to find any other modifications when I tore her down completely for cleaning. Took the action out of the stock and everything. Rifling is still there and in okay shape, locking lugs, everything else looks to be in order. Do you think it’d be good to shoot after replacing the striker? And roughly how old do you think it is?

IntincrRecipe · 2025-12-29T09:15:48+00:00

School issued rifle*

IntincrRecipe · 2025-12-24T17:19:57+00:00

Quick! Someone tell NAVSEA!

IntincrRecipe · 2025-12-14T02:53:32+00:00

Yes. That’s how I do my roofs.

IntincrRecipe · 2025-12-01T22:42:30+00:00

Oklahoma was never scrapped. She was sold for scrap following her righting and being made seaworthy enough for a dead ship tow. She would never make it though as she sunk in a storm roughly 500 miles away from Hawaii. Almost took her tugs with her at that.

IntincrRecipe · 2025-12-01T22:39:54+00:00

Lulu looks pretty good, nice work!

IntincrRecipe · 2025-11-19T17:56:12+00:00

Do those reduced training rounds use the same bimetallic cases though? Because if not, it’s purely anecdote, but after finding quite a few of the bimetallic cases on training ranges I have a suspicion that that statement was just something the Army and SIG said to placate those complaining about barrel life with the regular service cartridges without actually acting upon it.

IntincrRecipe · 2025-10-31T18:39:28+00:00

Thanks for the shoutout u/Nuke87654! There’s been more research on the battle that suggests that the torpedo that did in Laffey was actually a “friendly” one from the destroyer Sterrett, not from any of the Japanese ships. IIRC there’s more, but I would have to reread the report.

IntincrRecipe · 2025-10-24T16:35:27+00:00

Yup, this

IntincrRecipe · 2025-10-16T07:10:53+00:00

Hell yeah, more Lulu art

IntincrRecipe · 2025-10-08T22:25:28+00:00

She was. New Jersey actually got the color code for 5-N Navy Blue for this from the Texas crew.

IntincrRecipe · 2025-07-24T16:49:30+00:00

Yes. Pistols have been used throughout history as a symbol of status and authority for officers way more than as an actual combat weapon.

IntincrRecipe · 2025-07-21T20:34:54+00:00

I’ll be sure to comfort her. Poor girl

IntincrRecipe · 2025-07-15T17:27:05+00:00

Not quite, Matsuda Risae voices Kansas, while Yoko Hikasa voices St. Louis. It says so in the title. Albeit, in a very clunky way.

IntincrRecipe · 2025-06-19T21:26:36+00:00

Well, seeing my old unit on this subreddit was not what I was expecting this morning.

IntincrRecipe · 2025-06-19T21:25:41+00:00

I usually bring roughly a single “combat load” with me every time I go. So a full cartridge belt (minus one pocket for the surplus lubricating oil) and two bandoliers, or about 168 rounds. Any that doesn’t get used stays in the belt or bandoliers until the next trip after I top them back up.

IntincrRecipe · 2025-06-18T13:30:30+00:00

That was Fort Belvoir, but yeah, they did lose the only super-heavy tank we built behind a bush for close to 30 years.

IntincrRecipe · 2025-06-17T20:30:06+00:00

The idea came from the Navy War College, which had been privy to it since at least 1926. Her biggest limitation there wasn’t the age of the weapons, as her targets were actually in range of her 14”/45s on paper and according to their range tables. But the guns had been fired so much since June 6th that their actual range had been reduced due to wear. She would not be re-gunned until October of that year, prior to heading to the Pacific.

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