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Museum ship USS Texas (BB-35) moored at the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site. In the background is the San Jacinto Monument. Commissioned on 12 March 1914, she assisted in the occupation of Veracruz, various battles of World Wars I and II, such as Operations Torch, Overlord, Dragoon, and the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, then turned over to the state of Texas on 21 April, 1948.