How The USS Texas Became The Most Decorated Ship Of WW2

Discover the legendary story of the USS Texas, a super-dreadnought battleship and the most decorated US Navy ship of World War II. Launched in 1912, it is the only surviving ship from its era and the only one to have supported every major landing operation on both the Western and Pacific fronts....

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