The USS Texas (BB-35), a New York-class battleship ... it shelled the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, preparing them for the Allied landing force. The ship was retired from service in 1948, to ...

Fred Gregory, Arlington All Texas legislators need to read ... three U.S. battleships took part in the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944 — the USS Nevada (which had been damaged at Pearl Harbor ...