This photo from March 18, 1948, shows the #Navy battleship USS Texas (BB-35) being towed down the Elizabeth River from the Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) in #PortsmouthVA. Its final destination was the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site - not far from Houston, Texas – where the New York-class battleship would be decommissioned and serve as a permanent battleship memorial museum.
The photo was taken from the foot of North Street in Portsmouth, Va. by The Virginian-Pilot photographer Charles Borjes.

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