The Last of the Dreadnoughts - USS Texas Dan Snow's History Hit

"In this episode, Dan Snow travels to Texas for a tour of the last remaining Dreadnought class battleship in world.

The dreadnought was the predominant type of battleship in the early 20th century. USS Texas was a second-class battleship built by the United States in the early 1890s, the first American battleship commissioned and the first ship named in honour of the state of Texas to be built by the United States."

Producer: Dan Morelle

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