Battleship Texas will leave San Jacinto Battleground for undetermined location

[Mr Quatro]

This is good news for sure ... but the San Jancinto Park was my favorite place to visit when I lived in the area 30 years ago.

Now if they could figure out how to move the San Jancinto Inn to the USS Texas new location I would be happy, but sadly they closed its doors on Sunday, February 15, 1987.

https://houstonhistorymagazine.org/w...an-Jac-Inn.pdf

Nationally famous for its seafood and chicken dinners,
the San Jacinto Inn served not only as a restaurant
for its patrons, but also as a dining experience. Jack and
Bertha Sanders established the restaurant in 1916 near
the Lynchburg Ferry on the Houston Ship Channel.
Originally a small lunch counter, the menu included
fresh seafood caught by the Sanders served with freshly
baked biscuits and homemade preserves. In 1917, the
growing restaurant moved to its location in an old dance
hall opposite the present location of the Battleship
Texas near the San Jacinto Battleground State Park.1
Soon the popularity of the San Jacinto Inn grew, and dining there became a tradition for many Houstonians and
their families. The dining room featured an all-you-caneat menu, consisting of primarily seafood and chicken. In
winter the menu included celery, shrimp cocktail, oysters
on the half shell, fried oysters, fried tenderloin of fish, fried
chicken, French fried potatoes, hot biscuits served with
strawberry or black cherry preserves, and dessert. The summer menu mirrored its winter counterpart in many ways,
but featured iced crab and stuffed crab rather than the oyster
dishes. In the 1930s and 1940s, patrons not only enjoyed
the hefty meal, but also a dance orchestra. During World
War II, this live entertainment gave way to a need for more
tables to accommodate the restaurant’s growing clientele.
In later years, the restaurant seated nearly seven hundred
guests and it boasted serving 85,000 pounds of fish, 55,000
chickens, 200,000 pounds of shrimp, 1,700,000 oysters,
50,000 crabs, and 500,000 hot biscuits in an average year.2
The restaurant’s reputation for serving large quantities of
food was not limited to its dining room. During the construction of the San Jacinto Monument, the San Jacinto Inn served
laborers coffee and sandwiches every four hours during the fifty-seven hour pour of the monument’s foundation. Monument
construction workers consumed nearly 3,800 sandwiches and a
total of 5,700 cups of coffee provided by the San Jacinto Inn.3
Many Houstonians warmly recall eating at the restaurant,
often citing the all-you-can-eat menu. Houstonian, Jesse H.
Jones, II, son of John T. Jones Jr. of the Battleground Corp.,
joked that his father acquired the restaurant so he could
enjoy its wonderful food while doing business.

[Sailor Steve]

I'll be curious to see how they move it. They can't just tow it - it will sink. They'll have to come up with some kind of transport big enough to carry it.

[Skybird]

When I read the thread headline, it did not immediately click in my brain and instead my first thought was "Poor Iran."

[em2nought]

I wonder if an AFDB floating drydock could lift a BB? What's left of it is in Brownsville. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Alamos_(AFDB-7)


Whatever they do, I hope they're careful. I'd like to visit USS Texas someday.

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by Skybird

When I read the thread headline, it did not immediately click in my brain and instead my first thought was "Poor Iran."

Nominated for funniest post of the year

[Oleander]

Don't think they've picked a home yet, but the state is footing $35 million to get it relocated.

https://abc13.com/society/deteriorat...lLaZ-61H80j3UE

[Sailor Steve]

You must have missed it:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=241357

[Bonfleck]

As impractical as it sounds, they should modernize, man and sail it through the straits of hormuz on a steady rotation with Old Glory flying high. Would cost a fraction of the 30billion spent on the LCS project. Can't imagine being a sailor ordered to go protect America in one of those abysmal abominations.

[Onkel Neal]

Battleship Texas finally has a set date to sail from its La Porte home.

Initially, the historic ship was scheduled to be towed to the Gulf Copper Shipyard in Galveston for necessary repairs in mid-August. Those plans were pushed back to Wednesday, Aug. 31.

While the ship will officially leave the San Jacinto Battleground site for repairs, you might still be able to see it as it gets repaired.Currently, the Battleship Texas Foundation is working on a plan for visitors to see the ship while it's dry-docked at Pier 21, but those plans have yet to be finalized.

At the end of July, teams installed pumps that will be used during towing to limit the ship's water intake from leaks.

Back in May, crews removed about 23,000 cubic yards of mud from the stern around the ship to clear a path for towing into the Houston Ship Channel.

The Texas still does not have a permanent home planned after it's repaired, but we know it won’t be returned to La Porte, where it’s been since 1948.

Its new permanent home is likely to be in the Houston area, but Beaumont and Baytown have also been discussed as options.

Meanwhile, the City of Beaumont hired a marine engineering firm to help them determine the cost and precise location of the Battleship Texas if it were to be moved to Southeast Texas.

Beaumont paid $20,000 for the engineering firm to help with their quest to obtain the Texas. At the time, Beaumont city councilmembers said they were the "only logical place" for the Texas because Baytown will have to spend $20 million to dredge a channel and maintain that channel for the ship.

https://www.khou.com/article/news/lo...1-de8171fc71d2

[Jeff-Groves]

I've been to visit the Texas 3 times. Once in 2008 with the Grey Wolves, and twice since.

Great to hear that things are getting better!

[Onkel Neal]

Live cam

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[Onkel Neal]

Lead tug is Cecil M
https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels...MMSI-368124590

[nikimcbee]

Save the Texas FB page:



https://www.facebook.com/groups/4999...39018039458354

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