Battleship Texas Poster
by Robert J Sadler
Title
Battleship Texas Poster
Artist
Robert J Sadler
Medium
Photograph - Photography/digital Art
Description
On a visit to the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site I made sure I also visited 'our ship', now "permanently anchored on the Buffalo Bayou and the busy Houston Ship Channel: 3523 Independence Parkway South LaPorte, TX 77571". This image is from a photograph I took that day. It seemed appropriate to create its image silhouetted again the red, white, and blue representative both of the Lone Star State's and the 48-Star US Naval Jack. Note the flag on the bow staff is the World War I United States Naval Jack. "A jack is a flag that looks like the union or canton of a national flag. For ships of the United States Navy, it is a blue flag containing a star for each state. On warships, the jack is flown from a flag pole (jack-staff) located on the vessel's front end (bow) when at anchor or in port. American fighting ships would display this jack in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War." (see: http://www.loeser.us/flags/wwi.html)
"When the USS Texas was commissioned on March 12,1914, she was the most powerful weapon in the world, the most complex product of an industrial nation just beginning to become a force in global events." Like many of our state namesake ships the Battleship USS Texas had an illustrious 'career'. To read about this amazing ship go to: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/state-parks/battleship-texas
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December 20th, 2013
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