Pacific War Museums in Texas

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Post by TexasJack46 » Thu Dec 20, 2018 5:24 pm

If you are ever in Texas be sure to check out these Pacific War Gems!

National Museum of the Pacific War: Fredericksburg, TX. The hometown for Admiral Nimitz. The museum is massive and takes at least a day to enjoy. They even have one of the midget subs captured at Pearl Harbor and a Hatch Door to the USS Arizona.
USS Texas (Battleship): San Jacinto State Park. The Texas was at Iwo Jima and Okinawa
USS Cavalla. Galveston, TX: Gato class sub. She sank the Japanese Aircraft Carrier Shokoku
USS Lexington. Corpus Christi, TX: Essex Class Aircraft Carrier 1943
Lonestar Flight Museum. Houston, TX: Vintage US Navy and Army Air Corps Aircraft from the era

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Post by btd64 » Thu Dec 20, 2018 5:31 pm

Thanks for posting this info....GP

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Post by geofflambert » Thu Dec 20, 2018 6:16 pm

I've been on the Texas. The US did dreadnoughts correctly from the beginning with the simple center line arrangement.

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Post by Capt Hornblower » Thu Dec 20, 2018 11:22 pm

They don't make it too easy to see all that stuff-- it's spread all over the state!

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Post by geofflambert » Thu Dec 20, 2018 11:46 pm

If I were from Australia I'd say "You call that puny little thing a state?"

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Post by Chickenboy » Fri Dec 21, 2018 12:43 am

ORIGINAL: Capt Hornblower

They don't make it too easy to see all that stuff-- it's spread all over the state!

Nah. Gulf coast plus a side tour through San Antonio up to Fredericksburg. Doable in 3-4 days no problem.

I vouch for the Museum of the Pacific War. Been there three times and I haven't seen everything to my satisfaction yet. The Lexington II was nicely put together too-budget 2-3 hours on the models alone! I'll see the Texas sometime soon.

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Post by Edward75 » Fri Dec 21, 2018 9:04 am

Is there a list of all Navy or Military museums in USA, or all over world? Any list?

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