In World War II, Texas escorted war convoys across the Atlantic and later shelled Vichy French forces in the North African Landings and German-held beaches in the Normandy Landings before being transferred to the Pacific Theater late in 1944 to provide naval gunfire support during the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Texas served in Mexican waters following the " Tampico Incident" but saw no action there, and made numerous sorties into the North Sea during World War I without engaging the enemy, though she did fire in anger for the first time when shooting medium-caliber guns at supposed submarines (no evidence exists that suggests these were anything more than waves). She was launched on and commissioned on 12 March 1914. USS Texas (BB-35) is a museum ship and former United States Navy New York-class battleship. ![]() ![]() 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (submerged).
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