Battleship TEXAS State Historic Site 
3523 Highway 134
LaPorte, TX 77571
281-479-2431
http://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/battleship-texas
State Park: History, Picnic, Walk
In 1948, the Battleship TEXAS became the first battleship memorial museum in the U.S. That same year, on the anniversary of Texas Independence, the Texas was presented to the State of Texas and commissioned as the flagship of the Texas Navy.