Student Resources
History
What is Battleship Texas, and how does the ship impact the history of the United States and the world?
Archival Resources
Artifacts
Explore all of the available cultural and historical artifacts in the Battleship Texas Foundation archive virtually.
Period Newspapers
What was life aboard Battleship Texas like throughout her service period? Enjoy numerous primary source documents which give us a look into the life of a sailor or marine at sea. Courtesy of The Portal to Texas History and Texas Parks & Wildlife Department.
Photo Collection
Witness history through the camera lens by viewing photographs which capture history as it happened. Courtesy of The Portal to Texas History and Texas Parks & Wildlife Department.
Further Reading
Recommended books on the ship’s history, related historical events, and conflicts from our official reading list.
An Admiral From Texas, Henry A. Wiley, 1934
Green Patch: D-Day and Beyond, Conrad Carnes, 2014
Dog Company: the Boys of Pointe du Hoc, Patrick K. O’Donnell, 2013
A Philadelphia Family Goes To War, Kevin D. Pawley, 2018
Come On Texas, Paul Schubert, 1930
Ground Swells; Of Sailors, Ships, and Shellac, Mark Murnane, 1949
Voices of D-Day: The Story of the Allied Invasion Told by Those Who Were There, Eisenhower Center Studies on War and Peace, 1994
A Reporter’s Life, Walter Cronkite, 1997