Leaky battleship in Texas begins trip for M repairs
Hunter Miertschin helps secure a rope on the USS Texas Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in La Porte, Texas. The vessel, which was commissioned in 1914 and s...
Hunter Miertschin helps secure a rope on the USS Texas Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in La Porte, Texas. The vessel, which was commissioned in 1914 and served in both World War I and World War II, is scheduled to be towed down the Houston Ship Channel Wednesday to a dry dock in Galveston where it will undergo an extensive $35 million repair. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) David J. Phillip Preparations for moving the USS Texas continue Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in La Porte, Texas. The vessel, which was commissioned in 1914 and served in both World War I and World War II, is scheduled to be towed down the Houston Ship Channel Wednesday to a dry dock in Galveston where it will undergo an extensive $35 million repair.