HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 22-258RESOLUTION NO.22-258
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BEAUMONT:
WHEREAS, the USS Texas (BB-35) is a museum ship and former United States
Navy New -York -class battleship that was launched on May 18, 1912, and
commissioned on March 12, 1914 and saw action in Mexican waters following the
"Tampico Incident" and made numerous sorties into the North Sea during World War I;
and,
WHEREAS, in World War II, USS Texas (BB-35) 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; and,
WHEREAS, USS Texas (BB-35) was the first US battleship to mount anti--
aircraft guns, the first US ship to control gunfire with directors and range -keepers, the
first US battleship to launch an aircraft, and one of the first US Navy ships to receive
production radar; and,
WHEREAS, when the USS Texas (BB-35) was decommissioned it was given to
the State of Texas and became the first US battleship to become a permanent museum
ship and subsequently became the first battleship declared to be a US National Historic
Landmark, and is the only remaining World War I era dreadnought battleship, and the
only remaining capital ship to have served in both.World Wars; and,
WHEREAS, in August of 2022, the ship went into dry dock in Galveston to begin
refurbishment, a process that is expected to last 12 to 18 months and when complete, the
USS Texas (BB-35) will be needing to be moved to a new home port; and,
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City of Beaumont to moor the USS Texas (BB-
35) in the Neches River; and,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
THAT the statements and findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are
hereby, in all things, approved and adopted; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the City Manager be and he is hereby
authorized to request that the Sabine Neches Navigation District take immediate steps to
initiate a Letter of Intent to the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to deauthorize that portion
of the Neches River and is hereby authorized to take a[[ necessary steps to bring the USS
Texas (BB-35) to the City of Beaumont,
The meeting at which this resolution was approved was in all things conducted in
strict compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Cade, Chapter
551.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 11th day of
October, 2022,
Mayor Robin Mouton