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One of the four Wright R1820 engines of 1200hp each. They were supercharged to allow for high altitude flying.
USS Texas (BB-35), the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the US 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.
Among the world's remaining battleships, Texas is notable for being the only remaining WW I era dreadnought battleship, though she is not the oldest surviving battleship: Mikasa, a pre-dreadnought battleship ordered in 1898 by the Empire of Japan, and HMS Victory, launched 1765 (Nelson's Flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar), are both older than Texas. She is also noteworthy for being one of only six remaining ships and the only remaining capital ship to have served in both World Wars. Among US-built battleships, Texas is notable for her sizable number of firsts: the first US Navy vessel to house a permanently-assigned contingent of US Marines, the first US battleship to mount anti-aircraft guns, the first US ship to control gunfire with directors and range-keepers (analog forerunners of today's computers), the first US battleship to launch an aircraft, from a platform on Turret 2 one of the first to receive the CXAM-1 version of CXAM production radar in the US Navy, the first US battleship to become a permanent museum ship, and the first battleship declared to be a US National Historic Landmark.
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Authors Note: Truly remarkable!. As soon as you see the sight of this magnificent Dreadnought battleship you know that you are in for a rare treat! However when you actually tour the ship you are even more impressed with the quality of the detail, the open access and the information provided. Its as if the crew had just gone ashore. Unbelievably good!
Pima Air and Space Museum
Liberty L-12 Aircraft Engine
The Liberty engine was designed at the request of the U.S. Government's Aircraft Production Board in May 1917. Designed in only five days it became one of the most produced and successful early American aircraft engines. The engine was specifically designed to be easy to mass produce and more than 20,000 were produced between 1917 and 1919. Most of the major and many smaller automobile manufacturers in the U.S. were given contracts to produce Liberty engines. This particular one was built by the Lewis Spring and Axle Company of Chelsea, Michigan.
Technical Specifications:
Length: 67.375 in (1,711 mm)
Width: 27 in (686 mm)
Height: 41.5 in (1,054 mm)
Weight: 845 Ib (383 kg)
Power: 449 hp (335 kW) at 2,000 rpm
By an unknown maker, this steam engine was used to drive wooden paddles, via chain drive and line-shafting, in the sewage intake culvert. Slaked lime was mixed with the sewage to reduce the obnoxious smell and reduce the acidity of the waste from the nearby breweries. Claymills Victorian Pumping Station near Burton-upon-Trent
I'm clueless as to how an engine ended up at the beach on the way to Last Pond... in the middle of nowhere.
For more information on this and other Concours events, see our page on the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance and Monterey Auto Week.
Engine bay shot from the 7-16 car show, sporting my back to back Best Engine Bay of BerettaFest placards.
Hello "Pride of Midtown" (Engine 54 Ladder 4 Battalion 9), Just a quick thank you for taking the time to talk with us and agreeing to having your photo taken. We're sorry we didn't get this particular fireman's name, but he was so friendly and a real pleasure to talk with. Please pass on our thanks to him, he won't remember us Aussies but we will remember him. We had a great time visiting New York and meeting one of your finest and best was definitely a highlight of our July trip. We bought one of your T-shirts as a reminder of our visit. Thanks again, it was a real treat!
Debra and Neville McLaren
Bargo Australia