U.S.S. Texas, 1898 version

in article snipped-for-privacy@starpower.net, William H. Shuey at snipped-for-privacy@starpower.net wrote on 12/30/03 4:26 PM:

Thanks for the link.

FWIW: I believe this was the ship that was later renamed USS San Marcos and was later sunk as a target ship. There have been four surface ships named "Texas" and now one submarine.

MB

were the texas, nevada and maine sister shipd? i had a nevada model that i think said also build as texas but i fon't remember who made it. it was pretty simple.

wish i could remeber the kit maker. it was an oddy. the kit would have taken a lot of detailing to look good.

The Maine and Texas were both one-off ships, with little in common in terms of layout. Neither qualified as a true battleship for the period. They were more like slow armored cruisers, or, more plausibly, coast defense ships. The 'second-class' battleship was a British designation for a handful of ships with lighter main armament (typically 10") less armor and higher speed, intended for foreign service rather than home fleet.

The first Nevada (commissioned '03) was a monitor, much smaller, slower and with little freeboard.

Mark Schynert

considering how poor the model was, the claim of it being a sister ship to those others is dubious.

ISW makes models of both. They're resin and somewhat expensive but have excellent detail, if you have some experience with such kits. I have the 350th Maine and it's a nice kit of the famous ship. They have also just released a 350th Texas and the detail looks great.

Here's the seller (look under pre WWI ships)