Valkor Successfully moves the Battleship Texas to Shipyard for Repairs

Aug 31, 2022

Valkor, prime contractor for the Battleship Texas Refurbishment Project, has completed the transport of the Battleship Texas from it berth near the San Jacinto monument to Galveston for refurbishment at the Gulf Copper shipyard

The process has been completed for relocation of the Battleship Texas. It was pulled out from its berth in the morning. An armada of 5 tug boats and other vessels carefully maneuvered through the channel along the coast to the pre-positioned dryock at Gulf Copper's shipyard in Galveston, Texas. The even was witness by hundreds of spectators and covered by a wide range of news outlets. Congratulations to the team for the successful operation!

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Experience History

Commissioned in 1914 as the most powerful weapon in the world, Battleship Texas is credited with the introduction and innovation of advances in gunnery, aviation, and radar. She is the last surviving Dreadnought as well as the only battleship in existence today that fought in both World War I and World War II.

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