SW C-004 USS Texas (BB-35) Battleship and San Jacinto Monument in Houston, Texas, USA

Battleship Texas (USS Texas (BB-35)), the second ship of the United States Navy named in honour of the U.S. state of Texas, is a New York-class battleship. The ship was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned on 12 March 1914.

Soon after her commissioning, Texas saw action in Mexican waters following the "Tampico Incident" and made numerous sorties into the North Sea during World War I. When the United States formally entered World War II in 1941, Texas escorted war convoys across the Atlantic, and later shelled Axis-held beaches for the North African campaign and the Normandy Landings before being transferred to the Pacific Theater late in 1944 to provide naval gunfire support during the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Texas was decommissioned in 1948, having earned a total of five battle stars for service in World War II, and is now a museum ship near Houston, Texas.


The San Jacinto Monument is a 567.31-foot (172.92 m) high column. The monument is topped with a 220-ton Lone Star (the symbol of Texas). The monument commemorates the site of the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. The monument, constructed between 1936 and 1939 is the world's tallest monumental column and is part of the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site. Visitors can take a lift to the monument's observation deck for a view of Houston and the Battleship Texas.




Houston is the largest city in Texas and the fourth-largest city in the United States. It is a diverse city with a large and growing international community. The metropolitan area is home to an estimated 1.1 million (21.4 percent) residents who were born outside the United States, with nearly two-thirds of the area's foreign-born population from south of the United States–Mexico border. Additionally, more than one in five foreign-born residents are from Asia.
This great postcard came from Kerri Lewin (March06-2014) Swap-bot and she has affixed some great stamps too!