USS Texas 14 Turret Winner [Real Photo Postcard]

Name/Title

USS Texas 14" Turret Winner [Real Photo Postcard]

Description

A 1914 real photo postcard of the "USS Texas #4-14" Turret Winner. Elementary Practice 1914. Final Score 137." gun crews.

Context

With a main battery of ten 14-inch guns mounted in pairs on five turrets, the USS Texas was suitable for the long-range duels that characterized naval warfare in World War I. The roughly 90 men you see in this picture comprise two gun crews (or one turret).