Houston iguta guru, rakazara nemaiti kuona uye zvinhu zvokuita . Houston ine zvinhu zvose kubva kune zvisikwa zvezvisikwa kusvika kumamamamu masimamende kusvika kune zviitiko zvekare. Ichokwadi, imwe yenzvimbo dzakawanda zvikuru muTexas inongova nechiteshi chiduku kunze kweHouston - San Jacinto Battleground apo Texas yakawana rusununguko kubva kuMexico. Berthed kungofamba shomanana kubva kuSan Jacinto Monument uye Battleground imwe imwe chikamu cheTexas histori, yeBattleship Texas.
Iyi ngarava yakakurumbira yakaendeswa kuSan Jacinto Battleground munaApril 1948. Nhasi, yakazarurirwa sevanhu seBattleship Texas State Historic Site.
Nhoroondo
Inotumirwa kuvakwa kwemazana emakore apfuura - munaJune 1910 - USS Texas ndiyo imwe yemidziyo yakasakara yakakura yeNaval muAmerica nhoroondo. Nhasi ndiro chete ndiro inopona yakashumirwa muHondo Yenyika I uye Hondo Yenyika II. Sezvo yakazarurirwa kutarisa kwevanhu vose, kushanya kuBattleship Texas ndiyo nzira yakanakisisa yekuita manzwiro ezvakaitika zve "hondo huru" mbiri dzakachengetedza nzvimbo yeUnited States senyika inotyisa.
Battleship Texas inorondedzerwa se'New York Class Battleship, 'iyo inoreva kuti yaiva chikamu chechishanu chezvikepe zve-super-dreadnought zvakavakirwa kushanda muUnited States Navy yakazopedzisira yakashanda muHondo Yenyika I uye Hondo Yenyika II. Paiva ne 'New York Class Battleships' - USS New York uye USS Texas.
Iyi ngarava yezvikepe ndiyo yekutanga kushandisa zvidhinha 14-inch. Ngarava idzi dzakatumirwa muna 1910 uye dzakatangwa muna 1912. Kutevera basa, USS New York yakashandiswa senhumbi dzeatomu dzechinangwa uye, pakupedzisira, yakanyura. Asi USS Texas, zvisinei, yakabhadharwa, yakagadziridzwa uye yakachengetwa senzvimbo yepamusoro yevanhu.
Mushure mokutanga muna 1912, USS Texas yakatumirwa muna 1914. Chiito chekutanga chikepe chehondo chakaona chaiva muGulf yeMexico chichitevera 'Tampico Incident,' kusagadzikana pakati peUnited States neMexico kwakaguma nekugara kweUnited States yeVeracruz. Kutanga muna 1916, USS Texas yakatanga kushanda muHondo Yenyika I. Chikepe nevashandi vakanga varipo muna 1918 pakuzvipira kweGermany High Seas Fleet. Muna 1941 maBattleship Texas akapinda mubasa reHondo Yenyika II. Pakati pezvakataurwa zveUSS Texas 'service muWWII inosanganisira kutumira hurukuro ye "General of Freedom" yeGeneral Eisenhower yokutanga, kutakura Walter Cronkite kurwisa kuMorocco apo yakatanga mutsamba yake yehondo, achitora muD-Day kupinda muNormandy, uye kupa kutsigira kwepfuti paIma Jima uye Okinawa.
Mushure meHondo Yenyika II, USS Texas yakadzokera kuNorfolk, VA, yakatumirwa muchidimbu kuBaltimore, MD, uye pakupedzisira yakaswededza kuSan Jacinto State Park uye Historic Site iyo yakagadziriswa munaApril 1948. Kubvira panguva iyo, Battleship Texas yakashanda sechiyeuchidzo chevanhu nokusingaperi uye nzvimbo yezvakaitika kare. Hondo yeTexas yakava nokudzorerwa kukuru kubva muna 1988-1990 uye kudzorerwa kuduku muna 2005.
Kushanyira
Nhasi, vashanyi vanoenda kuBattleship Texas State Historic Site vanobvumirwa kukwira uye vanotarisa chikepe. Hondo yeBattleship Texas inotanga kubva 10 am kusvika pa5 masikati mazuva manomwe pavhiki. Nzvimbo iyi yakavharwa paKutenda, Krisimasi Eva, uye Krisimasi. Ngarava inowanikwawo kuitira kusanganira musangano pamutengo we $ 150 kwehafu yezuva kushandiswa uye $ 250 kwezuva rakakwana. Mari yekubvuma kwezuva zuva vashanyi iri $ 12 kuvanhu vakuru. Vana vane gumi uye pasi vari vakasununguka. Boka mazana anowanikwawo kune USS Texas. Usiku huno huripo hunokwanisawo kugadzirirwa mapoka evanhu 15 kana kupfuura. Kuti uwane mamwe mashoko, enda kuBattleship Texas State Historic Site webusaiti kuburikidza nehungano pasi apa.