The Texas state motto is "Friendship," and? Texans definitely have a friend in their U.S. Navy, just ask anyone who has served on one of the over 100 ships named in honor of the state! If you believe everything really is bigger in Texas, then you have to learn more about the battleship USS
Texas (BB 35). You can even go visit the ship, a member of the
Historic Naval Ship Association's museum ships in La Porte, Texas.
If you want to know more about the service of notable Texas Sailors, read about
Fleet Admiral Nimitz, Commander
Dealey, or Mess Attendant
Dorie Miller. Wondering where Sailors serve today in the Lone Star state? Check out the
Naval Air Station Corpus Christi or visit one of the events when Fleet Weeks are in town!