 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 " in April 1914 .
 kwietni 1916 Texas was sent to the Pacific Ocean to join the Pacific Fleet , and in 1917 she was assigned to the Pacific Battle Fleet. Texas saw action in the Pacific during the First World War and the Second