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Built 1912, commissioned 1914,, the only battleship that participated in WW I and WW II. Towed yesterday from its wet birth at the San Jacinto battleground site on the Houston Ship Channel to shipyard in Galveston for a much needed $38,000,000.00 restoration. Mounting 8 14" guns in four turrets, it still looks a formidable warship today. Photo taken from near the Galveston Yacht basin. It's to end up in a dry birth (not yet funded) -- in Galveston somewhere.