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? | One of the first super-dreadnoughts in the U.S. Navy. She underwent extensive retrofitting to reinforce her torpedo protection and horizontal armor. During World War II, she received powerful AA armament.<br><br>USS ''Texas'' is now preserved as a [https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/battleship-texas military museum ship] in La Porte, Texas, just east of Houston, at the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site.<br><br> ''Texas'' first went on sale | + | One of the first super-dreadnoughts in the U.S. Navy. She underwent extensive retrofitting to reinforce her torpedo protection and horizontal armor. During World War II, she received powerful AA armament.<br><br>USS ''Texas'' is now preserved as a [https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/battleship-texas military museum ship] in La Porte, Texas, just east of Houston, at the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site.<br><br> ''Texas'' first went on sale in May 2016.<br><br>{{Model3DViewer|8f5379cfe2e142998f04e010ab3597fd}} | |
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Largely impervious to aircraft attacks, ''Texas'' can then focus her attention where it belongs: on enemy surface vessels. Like ''New York'', her 14-inch guns are more than a match for the foes she will encounter at Tier V and VI, though she will struggle a bit more when up-tiered into Tier VII games. Similarly, her armor scheme holds up well until she starts seeing the incoming rounds from the likes of ''[[Colorado]]'', ''[[Gneisenau]]'', and ''[[Nagato]]''. Destroyers that work in close will have to be dealt with via her primary weapons, as virtually all of her secondary batteries have been sacrificed in favor of anti-aircraft guns; she'll get very little help from the half-dozen anti-surface secondaries she has left. | Largely impervious to aircraft attacks, ''Texas'' can then focus her attention where it belongs: on enemy surface vessels. Like ''New York'', her 14-inch guns are more than a match for the foes she will encounter at Tier V and VI, though she will struggle a bit more when up-tiered into Tier VII games. Similarly, her armor scheme holds up well until she starts seeing the incoming rounds from the likes of ''[[Colorado]]'', ''[[Gneisenau]]'', and ''[[Nagato]]''. Destroyers that work in close will have to be dealt with via her primary weapons, as virtually all of her secondary batteries have been sacrificed in favor of anti-aircraft guns; she'll get very little help from the half-dozen anti-surface secondaries she has left. | |||
? | Players experienced with the American battleship line will have little trouble adapting to '' | + | Players experienced with the American battleship line will have little trouble adapting to ''{{#var:ship_name}}''' playstyle; she is as subtle as a brick to the face, and she doesn't get where she's going in a hurry. Still, for a mid-tier premium, ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' is a great ship for making credits and re-training captains: fun to drive, easy to learn, and uncomplicated to play. | |
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? | * Best-in-tier AA defense | + | * Best-in-tier AA defense; in fact, the continuous DPS of her AA guns is higher than any other battleship until Tier VIII. Aircraft from tier IV carriers melt in her vicinity and tier VI carriers will have significant difficulty attempting a second strike if her AA suite is intact. | |
? | * The third (amidships) turret has much better firing angles than ''[[New York]]'' | + | * The third (amidships) turret has much better firing angles than ''[[New York]]'' | |
? | * Slightly better torpedo protection and detection ranges | + | * Slightly better torpedo protection and detection ranges than ''[[New York]]''. | |
+ | * Solid AP performance at mid to close ranges | |||
+ | * Lowered citadel is difficult to hit by equivalent tier battleships | |||
+ | * Good turn radius owing to the low length to beam ratio characteristic of dreadnought battleships | |||
+ | * 19 km main battery range with {{Artillery Plotting Room Modification 1}}, and up to 22.8 with {{Spotting Aircraft}} active | |||
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* Slow speed of 20.5 knots means she will frequently find herself left behind by her teammates. | * Slow speed of 20.5 knots means she will frequently find herself left behind by her teammates. | |||
* Slightly worse rudder shift than ''[[New York]]'' gives her less reaction time to dodge incoming torpedoes. | * Slightly worse rudder shift than ''[[New York]]'' gives her less reaction time to dodge incoming torpedoes. | |||
? | * | + | * Main guns have a slower rate of fire than her tech tree sister ''[[New York]]''. | |
* Her biggest strength — her AA armament — is vulnerable to being knocked out by incoming high explosive rounds; the longer she is under sustained HE fire, the less AA firepower she will have. | * Her biggest strength — her AA armament — is vulnerable to being knocked out by incoming high explosive rounds; the longer she is under sustained HE fire, the less AA firepower she will have. | |||
+ | * Short ranged AA (3.6km) with no flak explosions; this can work in her favor by enticing carrier aircraft closer where her medium and short-ranged AA will make quick work of them, but more often just means she has no long-range AA deterrent capable of assisting allies | |||
+ | * Poor gun firing angles like her sister, you will have to give a significant amount of broadside to bring all her guns to bear | |||
+ | * Prone to poor shell dispersion, accurate long-range gunnery will be difficult | |||
+ | * 19mm deck and extremity sections make bow-tanking against any battleship or large gun cruisers such as ''[[Graf Spee]]'' ill-advised, ''[[Texas]]'' will easily take penetration damage through the nose or rear. Bouncing shells will have to be done with her belt armor | |||
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? | As a premium ship, '' | + | As a premium ship, ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' doesn't have any upgrades to research. | |
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* '''Slot 1''': {{Main Armaments Modification 1}}<nowiki>*</nowiki> | * '''Slot 1''': {{Main Armaments Modification 1}}<nowiki>*</nowiki> | |||
* '''Slot 2''': {{Damage Control System Modification 1}} | * '''Slot 2''': {{Damage Control System Modification 1}} | |||
? | * '''Slot 3''': {{ | + | * '''Slot 3''': {{Main Battery Modification 2}}<nowiki>*</nowiki> | |
? | '''Slot 1''' is most commonly filled with '''Main Armaments Modification 1''', though {{Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1}} is a popular pick for captains who go for a full AA build with other upgrades and commander skills. '''Slot 3''' offers two options: ''' | + | '''Slot 1''' is most commonly filled with '''Main Armaments Modification 1''', though {{Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1}} is a popular pick for captains who go for a full AA build with other upgrades and commander skills. '''Slot 3''' offers two viable options: '''Main Battery Modification 2''' increases turret traverse speed, while {{Artillery Plotting Room Modification 1}} increases range and gives secondaries a slight boost in range and accuracy. | |
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? | Most aircraft carrier drivers know better than to mess with '' | + | Most aircraft carrier drivers know better than to mess with ''{{#var:ship_name}}'', but without the adequate firing training skills/modifications, it is still possible to be torped or bombed by aircraft when the battleship is in a position where the carriers have no other choice. As a battleship, survivability is also an important benchmark, which means investing skill points into maximizing both her survivability and her anti-air defenses are the way to go. | |
The following information is provided for players who wish to create a permanent captain for the ship. Those players who are retraining captains or using the ship to gain extra experience for a captain should consult the page relevant to the ship to which the captain will be assigned. | The following information is provided for players who wish to create a permanent captain for the ship. Those players who are retraining captains or using the ship to gain extra experience for a captain should consult the page relevant to the ship to which the captain will be assigned. | |||
? | {{Commander Skills | + | {{Commander Skills 2 | |
? | | Priority Target = | + | | rating11 = 3 <!-- Priority Target --> | |
? | | | + | | rating12 = 2 <!-- Preventive Maint --> | |
? | + | | rating13 = 1 <!-- Expert Loader --> | ||
? | | | + | | rating14 = 0 <!-- Air Supremacy --> | |
? | | Direction Center for | + | | rating15 = 0 <!-- Direction Center for Fighters --> | |
? | | | + | | rating16 = 0 <!-- Improved Engine Boost --> | |
? | | Incoming Fire Alert | + | | rating17 = 1 <!-- Incoming Fire Alert --> | |
? | | | + | | rating18 = 0 <!-- Last Gasp --> | |
? | | | + | | rating21 = 3 <!-- High Alert --> | |
? | | Jack of All Trades | + | | rating22 = 2 <!-- Jack of All Trades --> | |
? | | Expert Marksman | + | | rating23 = 3 <!-- Expert Marksman --> | |
? | | Torpedo Acceleration | + | | rating24 = 0 <!-- Torpedo Acceleration --> | |
? | | Smoke Screen Expert | + | | rating25 = 0 <!-- Smoke Screen Expert --> | |
? | | | + | | rating26 = 0 <!-- Improved Engines --> | |
? | | Adrenaline Rush | + | | rating27 = 2 <!-- Adrenaline Rush --> | |
? | | Last Stand | + | | rating28 = <!-- Last Stand --> | |
? | | | + | | rating31 = 3 <!-- Basics of Survivability --> | |
? | + | | rating32 = 1 <!-- Survivability Expert--> | ||
? | | Torpedo Armament Expertise | + | | rating33 = 0 <!-- Torpedo Armament Expertise--> | |
? | | | + | | rating34 = 0 <!-- Aircraft Armor --> | |
? | | Basic Firing Training | + | | rating35 = 2 <!-- Basic Firing Training --> | |
? | | | + | | rating36 = 3 <!-- Superintendent --> | |
? | | Demolition Expert | + | | rating37 = <!-- Demolition Expert --> | |
? | | | + | | rating38 = 2 <!-- Vigilance --> | |
? | | Manual Fire Control for Secondary Armament | + | | rating41 = <!-- Manual Fire Control for Secondary Armament --> | |
? | | Fire Prevention | + | | rating42 = 2 <!-- Fire Prevention --> | |
? | | Inertia Fuse for HE Shells | + | | rating43 = <!-- Inertia Fuse for HE Shells --> | |
? | | | + | | rating44 = 0 <!-- Sight Stabilization --> | |
? | | Advanced Firing Training | + | | rating45 = 1 <!-- Advanced Firing Training --> | |
? | | | + | | rating46 = <!-- Massive AA Fire --> | |
? | | Radio Position Finding = 1 | + | | rating47 = <!-- Radio Position Finding --> | |
? | + | | rating48 = 1 <!-- Concealment Expert --> | ||
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* '''Slot 1:''' {{Damage Control Party}} | * '''Slot 1:''' {{Damage Control Party}} | |||
* '''Slot 2:''' {{Repair Party}} | * '''Slot 2:''' {{Repair Party}} | |||
? | + | * '''Slot 3:''' {{Spotting Aircraft}} | ||
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Soon after her commissioning, ''Texas'' saw action in Mexican waters following the "Tampico Incident" and made numerous sorties into the North Sea during World War I. When the United States formally entered World War II in 1941, ''Texas'' escorted war convoys across the Atlantic, and later shelled Axis-held beaches for the North African campaign and the Normandy Landings before being transferred to the Pacific Theater late in 1944 to provide naval gunfire support during the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. ''Texas'' was decommissioned in 1948, having earned a total of five battle stars for service in World War II, and is now a museum ship near Houston, Texas. | Soon after her commissioning, ''Texas'' saw action in Mexican waters following the "Tampico Incident" and made numerous sorties into the North Sea during World War I. When the United States formally entered World War II in 1941, ''Texas'' escorted war convoys across the Atlantic, and later shelled Axis-held beaches for the North African campaign and the Normandy Landings before being transferred to the Pacific Theater late in 1944 to provide naval gunfire support during the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. ''Texas'' was decommissioned in 1948, having earned a total of five battle stars for service in World War II, and is now a museum ship near Houston, Texas. | |||
? | + | Though not the oldest American museum ship, an honor going to USS ''Constitution'' which was one of six original warships ordered by the United States Navy in 1797. The ''Texas'' is, among the world's remaining battleships, notable for being the only remaining WWI era dreadnought battleship, though she is not the oldest surviving battleship: ''[[Mikasa]]'' (a pre-dreadnought battleship ordered in 1898 by the Empire of Japan), and HMS ''Victory'', launched 1765 (Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar), are both older than ''Texas''. She is also noteworthy for being one of only six remaining ships and the only remaining capital ship to have served in both World Wars. Among US-built battleships, ''Texas'' is notable for her sizable number of firsts: the first US Navy vessel to house a permanently-assigned contingent of US Marines, the first US battleship to mount anti-aircraft guns, the first US ship to control gunfire with directors and range-keepers (analog forerunners of today's computers), the first US battleship to launch an aircraft (from a platform on Turret 2), one of the first to receive the CXAM-1 version of CXAM production radar in the US Navy, the first US battleship to become a permanent museum ship, and the first battleship declared to be a US National Historic Landmark. | ||
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+ | ===Historical Inaccuracies=== | |||
+ | * ''Texas'' is represented in World of Warships only in her 1944 condition, when she was painted in Measure 31a/8B camouflage. None of her other paint schemes, overall gray (late 1941), Measure 12 modified (November 1942), Measure 22 (March 1943) and Measure 21 (January 1945), are represented. Measure 21 also represents ''Texas''' museum ship scheme but it only exists in the game as expendable camouflage. | |||
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+ | # [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Texas_(BB-35) USS ''Texas'' (BB-35) - Wikipedia] | |||
+ | # [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York-class_battleship ''New York''-class battleship - Wikipedia] | |||
+ | # [https://worldofwarships.com/en/news/general-news/uss-texas-historical-museum/ History Spotlight: USS Texas - News - World of Warships] | |||
+ | # [https://worldofwarships.com/en/news/general-news/naval-legends-uss-texas/ Naval Legends: USS Texas - News - World of Warships] | |||
+ | # [https://worldofwarships.com/en/news/general-news/premium-ship-spotlight-texas/ Premium Ship Spotlight: Texas - News - World of Warships] | |||
+ | # [https://worldofwarships.com/en/news/community/dont-mess-with-uss/ Save USS Texas with Project VALOR - News - World of Warships] | |||
+ | # [https://worldofwarships.com/en/news/general-news/squall-line-texas/ Squall Line: Texas - News - World of Warships] | |||
+ | # [https://worldofwarships.com/en/news/community/texcellence/ USS Texas - Life Aboard in Peace and War - News - World of Warships] | |||
+ | # [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDCAWhJ6KIw Battleship USS Texas in World of Warships (NA) - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube] | |||
+ | # [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgUdlTd28vk Naval Legends - USS Texas Teaser - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube] | |||
+ | # [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN_ThoXR9GQ Naval Legends: USS Texas - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube] | |||
+ | # [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6OTLgpxAB4 Premium Ship Spotlight - Battleship Texas - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube] | |||
+ | # [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl_DWlL_BNU Talkin' Ship - Dynamo Room! - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube] | |||
+ | # [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT_fIQK_WnU Talkin' Ship - Engine Room! - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube] | |||
+ | # [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKv_GhvyWo8 Talkin' Ship - Help Restore Battleship Texas - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube] | |||
+ | # [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YkWkMut77o Talkin' Ship - Main Street - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube] | |||
+ | # [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuoeCsiFZsw Talkin' Ship - Navigation Room! - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube] | |||
+ | # [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAloS89dFlc Talkin' Ship - Trevzor on Battleship Texas - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube] | |||
+ | # [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e_phDrDkZc Talkin' Ship - USS Texas Powder Room - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube] | |||
+ | # [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SLMEVmuZDA USS Texas. The Story of Superdreadnought - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube] | |||
+ | # [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtgDjm7Qy6A USS Texas: New York-class battleship (NA) - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube] | |||
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356 mm/45 Mk.8 in a turret5 х 2 pcs. |
Rate of Fire1.75 shots/min. |
Reload Time34.28 sec. |
Rotation Speed3 deg./sec. |
180 Degree Turn Time60 sec. |
Firing Range16.42 km. |
Maximum Dispersion224 m. |
HE Shell356 mm HE/HC Mk22 |
Maximum HE Shell Damage5,000 |
Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell30 % |
Initial HE Shell Velocity834 m./s. |
HE Shell Weight578.34 kg. |
AP Shell356 mm AP Mk16 |
Maximum AP Shell Damage10,300 |
Initial AP Shell Velocity792 m./s. |
AP Shell Weight680.4 kg. |
127 mm/51 Mk.7 on a Mk.13 mount6 х 1 pcs. |
Firing Range4.3 km. |
Rate of Fire8.57 shots/min. |
Reload Time7 sec. |
HE Shell127 mm HE/HC Mk39 |
Maximum HE Shell Damage1,800 |
Initial HE Shell Velocity960 m./s. |
Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell6 % |
20 mm Oerlikon on a Mk.4 mount44 х 1 pcs. |
. . . Average Damage per Second158.4 |
. . . Firing Range2.01 km. |
76 mm/50 Mk.22 on a single mount10 х 1 pcs. |
. . . Average Damage per Second28 |
. . . Firing Range3.51 km. |
40 mm/56 Bofors on a Mk.2 mount10 х 4 pcs. |
. . . Average Damage per Second159 |
. . . Firing Range3.51 km. |
Maximum Speed20.5 knot |
Turning Circle Radius650 m. |
Rudder Shift Time14 sec. |
Surface Detectability Range15.54 km. |
Air Detectability Range8.54 km. |
Texas — American premium Tier V battleship.
One of the first super-dreadnoughts in the U.S. Navy. She underwent extensive retrofitting to reinforce her torpedo protection and horizontal armor. During World War II, she received powerful AA armament.
USS Texas is now preserved as a military museum ship in La Porte, Texas, just east of Houston, at the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site.
Texas first went on sale in May 2016.
Modules
Hit Points (HP) | Armor (mm) | Armor (mm) | Main Turrets (pcs.) | Secondary Gun Turrets (pcs.) | AA Mounts (pcs.) | Torpedo Tubes (pcs.) | Hangar Capacity (pcs.) |
Research price (exp) |
Purchase price () | ||
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Texas | 49,100 | 13 | 356 | 5 | 6 | 44/10/10 | 0 | 0 |
Compatible Upgrades
Slot 1 |
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Slot 3 |
Player Opinion
Performance
Texas is a late World War II variant of the American Tier V New York-class battleship. She has essentially the same primary statistics as New York; her health pool, armor, guns, turret traverse, and range are all the same. There are subtle differences in her speed (0.5 kts slower), detectability ranges (more visible from the air), and rudder shift (slightly worse); the firing angles of her middle turret are a vast improvement over those aboard New York. The primary difference — and what everyone talks about when talking about Texas — is her ridiculous (for Tier V) anti-aircraft suite.
Texas boasts more than three times the anti-aircraft firepower of New York; indeed, she has more AA power than any other battleship of any nation until North Carolina at Tier VIII. Most of that punch is packed into her 40mm Bofors guns, which have a maximum range of only 3.5km. While it makes picking up the Advanced Firing Training commander skill an easy choice, it does leave players with a hard decision between AA Modification 2 and Artillery Plotting Room Modification 1 for Upgrade Slot 3.
Largely impervious to aircraft attacks, Texas can then focus her attention where it belongs: on enemy surface vessels. Like New York, her 14-inch guns are more than a match for the foes she will encounter at Tier V and VI, though she will struggle a bit more when up-tiered into Tier VII games. Similarly, her armor scheme holds up well until she starts seeing the incoming rounds from the likes of Colorado, Gneisenau, and Nagato. Destroyers that work in close will have to be dealt with via her primary weapons, as virtually all of her secondary batteries have been sacrificed in favor of anti-aircraft guns; she'll get very little help from the half-dozen anti-surface secondaries she has left.
Players experienced with the American battleship line will have little trouble adapting to Texas' playstyle; she is as subtle as a brick to the face, and she doesn't get where she's going in a hurry. Still, for a mid-tier premium, Texas is a great ship for making credits and re-training captains: fun to drive, easy to learn, and uncomplicated to play.
Pros:
- Best-in-tier AA defense; in fact, the continuous DPS of her AA guns is higher than any other battleship until Tier VIII. Aircraft from tier IV carriers melt in her vicinity and tier VI carriers will have significant difficulty attempting a second strike if her AA suite is intact.
- The third (amidships) turret has much better firing angles than New York
- Slightly better torpedo protection and detection ranges than New York.
- Solid AP performance at mid to close ranges
- Lowered citadel is difficult to hit by equivalent tier battleships
- Good turn radius owing to the low length to beam ratio characteristic of dreadnought battleships
- 19 km main battery range with Artillery Plotting Room Modification 1 , and up to 22.8 with Spotting Aircraft active
Cons:
- Slow speed of 20.5 knots means she will frequently find herself left behind by her teammates.
- Slightly worse rudder shift than New York gives her less reaction time to dodge incoming torpedoes.
- Main guns have a slower rate of fire than her tech tree sister New York.
- Her biggest strength — her AA armament — is vulnerable to being knocked out by incoming high explosive rounds; the longer she is under sustained HE fire, the less AA firepower she will have.
- Short ranged AA (3.6km) with no flak explosions; this can work in her favor by enticing carrier aircraft closer where her medium and short-ranged AA will make quick work of them, but more often just means she has no long-range AA deterrent capable of assisting allies
- Poor gun firing angles like her sister, you will have to give a significant amount of broadside to bring all her guns to bear
- Prone to poor shell dispersion, accurate long-range gunnery will be difficult
- 19mm deck and extremity sections make bow-tanking against any battleship or large gun cruisers such as Graf Spee ill-advised, Texas will easily take penetration damage through the nose or rear. Bouncing shells will have to be done with her belt armor
Research
Optimal Configuration
Upgrades
The recommended upgrades for Texas are as follows:
- Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1 *
- Slot 2: Damage Control System Modification 1
- Slot 3: Main Battery Modification 2 *
Slot 1 is most commonly filled with Main Armaments Modification 1, though Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1 is a popular pick for captains who go for a full AA build with other upgrades and commander skills. Slot 3 offers two viable options: Main Battery Modification 2 increases turret traverse speed, while Artillery Plotting Room Modification 1 increases range and gives secondaries a slight boost in range and accuracy.
Commander Skills
Most aircraft carrier drivers know better than to mess with Texas, but without the adequate firing training skills/modifications, it is still possible to be torped or bombed by aircraft when the battleship is in a position where the carriers have no other choice. As a battleship, survivability is also an important benchmark, which means investing skill points into maximizing both her survivability and her anti-air defenses are the way to go.
The following information is provided for players who wish to create a permanent captain for the ship. Those players who are retraining captains or using the ship to gain extra experience for a captain should consult the page relevant to the ship to which the captain will be assigned.
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Cost (points) |
Endurance | Attack | Support | Versatility | ||||
1 |
★★★ |
★★ |
★ |
Χ |
Χ |
Χ |
★ |
Χ |
2 |
★★★ |
★★ |
★★★ |
Χ |
Χ |
Χ |
★★ |
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3 |
★★★ |
★ |
Χ |
Χ |
★★ |
★★★ |
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★★ |
4 |
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★★ |
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Χ |
★ |
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★ |
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful ★★ - Frequently Useful ★ - Occasionally Useful No stars - Meh Χ - Not recommended |
Consumables
Texas can equip the following consumables:
- Slot 1: Damage Control Party
- Slot 2: Repair Party
- Slot 3: Spotting Aircraft
Camouflage
As a premium ship, Texas comes included with Type 9 camouflage that lowers her detection radius, reduces the accuracy of incoming shells, and increases the amount of experience she earns.
An alternate Stars and Stripes camouflage is available for purchase as well; it has no additional bonuses, but the ship appears as a living embodiment of the American flag.
Signals
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Combat | |||||
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★★ |
★★★ |
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★★★ |
★ |
★★★ |
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Note: Use of the Juliet Charlie signal makes detonation impossible.
Historical Info
Historical Gallery
Video
References
- USS Texas (BB-35) - Wikipedia
- New York-class battleship - Wikipedia
- History Spotlight: USS Texas - News - World of Warships
- Naval Legends: USS Texas - News - World of Warships
- Premium Ship Spotlight: Texas - News - World of Warships
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