Gaining Relevance in the Face of Obsolescence: The USS Texas – a Battleship in the Second World War

<p>Despite the vast material that has been written about the Second World War, most literature mentions battleships in passing, giving little attention to a role that battleships filled- that of naval gunfire support for amphibious landings. The literature regarding the Navy’s older, obsolescent battleships such as the <em>Texas </em>is scarce<em>. </em>Using primary sources regarding the <em>Texas</em> and the evolution of naval gunfire doctrine from the pre-war and wartime periods, this study looks at the involvement of the <em>Texas</em> in the Second World War and how the Navy employed its oldest battleships. The amphibious landings of the war provided a role in which a ship’s speed and range became irrelevant when firing on fixed targets on an enemy beach. This work provides a look at a little discussed, though widely used aspect of the Second World War and helps further discussion regarding the evolution of the US navy. <em></em></p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Year

2012

Author dc:creator

• Martin, Kali

Contributors dc:contributor

• Allan Millett
• Robert Dupont
• James Mokhiber

• United States Navy
• USS Texas
• Naval Gunfire
• Battleship
• Shore Bombardment
• World War Two
• Military History

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1599

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-2615