USS Texas BB-35 Battleship Model Kit 1/350 | Trumpeter 05340USS Texas BB 35 Battleship Model Kit 1 350 Trumpeter 05340 The battleship Texas (BB 35) is the second vessel of the New York class battleships in the United States and the oldest battleship still in existence. The USS Texas BB 35 Battleship was laid down on April 17, 1911, at the Newport News Naval Shipyard in Virginia, launched on May 18, 1912, and commissioned on March 12, 1914. This ship participated in two world wars. In World War I, it escorted