Houston ndi mzinda waukulu, wodzazidwa ndi malo owona komanso zinthu zoti achite . Houston ili ndi zinthu zonse zochokera kumalo osungirako zachilengedwe kupita ku museums zamakono kupita kumalo otchuka. Ndipotu, malo ena otchuka kwambiri ku Texas ali pamtunda waung'ono kunja kwa Houston - San Jacinto Battleground kumene Texas anagonjetsa ku Mexico. Berthed mwapang'onopang'ono akuyenda kuchokera ku San Jacinto Monument ndi Battleground ndi gawo lina la Texas mbiri, the Battleship Texas.
Sitima yapaderayi inasamukira ku San Jacinto Battleground mu April 1948. Masiku ano, anthu amatha kukhala otchedwa Battleship Texas State Historic Site.
Mbiri
Anapangidwa kumangidwanso zaka zoposa 100 zapitazo - mu June 1910 - USS Texas ndi imodzi mwa zotengera zonyamula zitalizitali kwambiri mu mbiri ya United States. Lero ndilo chombo chokha chomwe chilipo chomwe chinatumikira pa nkhondo yoyamba ya padziko lapansi ndi nkhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse. Popeza kuti ndi yotsegulidwa ku maulendo a anthu onse, kuyendera Battleship Texas ndi njira yabwino yodzimvera mbiri ya "nkhondo zazikulu" ziwiri zomwe zinapangitsa malo a United States kukhala malo opambana.
Nkhondo ya Texas imasankhidwa kukhala 'New York Class Battleship,' yomwe imatanthauza kuti inali mbali yachisanu cha maulendo ankhondo otchuka kwambiri omwe anagwiritsidwa ntchito ku US Navy yomwe potsiriza inagwira nkhondo yoyamba ya padziko lonse ndi nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse. Panali mabungwe awiri a 'New York Class Battleships' - USS New York ndi USS Texas.
Sitima ziwirizi ndi zoyamba kugwiritsa ntchito mfuti 14-inch. Nkhondo zimenezi zinatumizidwa mu 1910 ndipo zinayamba mu 1912. Pambuyo pa ntchito, USS New York inkagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati zida za atomiki ndipo pamapeto pake, zinayambika. USS Texas, komabe, idaperekedwa, yokonzedwanso ndi kusungidwa ngati malo a mbiri yakale.
Pambuyo poyambitsa mu 1912, USS Texas inatumidwa mu 1914. Choyamba chimene nsombayo inachitikira ku Gulf of Mexico pambuyo pa 'Tampico Incident,' kusagwirizana pakati pa United States ndi Mexico komwe kunachititsa kuti US awononge Veracruz. Kuchokera mu 1916, USS Texas inayamba kutumikira mu Nkhondo Yadziko Yonse. Sitima ndi antchito analipo mu 1918 kuti aperekedwe ku German High Seas Fleet. Mu 1941, Battleship Texas inalowa mu nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse. Zina mwazikulu za ntchito ya USS Texas mu WWII zikuphatikizapo kutumiza uthenga wa "Voice of Freedom" woyamba wa General Eisenhower, kutumiza Walter Cronkite kuti akaukire ku Morocco komwe adayambitsa makalata ake a nkhondo, kutenga nawo mbali ku D-Day kuthamangira ku Normandy, ndi kupereka kuthandizira mfuti ku Iwo Jima ndi Okinawa.
Pambuyo pa nkhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse, USS Texas anabwerera ku Norfolk, VA, ndipo anasamukira ku Baltimore, MD, ndipo kenako adalowera ku San Jacinto State Park ndi Historic Site komwe adatulutsidwa mu April 1948. Kuchokera nthawi imeneyo, Battleship Texas ankakhala chikumbukiro chokhalitsa ndi malo otchuka. Nkhondo ya Texas inabwezeretsedwa kwakukulu kuyambira 1988-1990 ndi kubwezeretsedwa kwakung'ono mu 2005.
Ulendo
Masiku ano, alendo omwe amapita ku Battleship Texas State Historic Site amaloledwa kukwera ndi kukwera sitima. Battleship Texas imatsegulidwa kuyambira 10 am mpaka 5 koloko masabata asanu ndi awiri pa sabata. Webusaiti imatsekedwa pa zikondwerero, tsiku la Khrisimasi, ndi tsiku la Khirisimasi. Sitimayo imapezeka kupezeka pamsonkhano wa ndalama zokwana $ 150 kwa ntchito ya theka ndi $ 250 tsiku lonse. Malipiro ovomerezeka kwa alendo tsiku ndi $ 12 akuluakulu. Ana 12 ndi pansi ali omasuka. Magulu a magulu amapezekanso kwa USS Texas. Kukhazikika usiku kungathenso kukonzedwa kwa magulu a anthu 15 kapena kuposa. Kuti mudziwe zambiri, pitani ku webusaiti ya Battleship Texas State Historic Site kudzera pazithunzi pansipa.