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TexasTowelie

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Wed Dec 1, 2021, 05:33 AM Dec 2021

Beaumont's Battleship Texas dreams are still afloat

Bringing the only remaining American vessel to serve in both World War I and World War II, The Battleship Texas, to dock in Beaumont’s waters is not off the table.

And Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director of The Battleship Texas Foundation Bruce Bramlett came to a Beaumont City Council workshop last week to share financial information and again pitch the ship as an asset to the city.

The ship currently is moving to a shipyard in Galveston where repairs will be completed.

“There's only one piece of this puzzle left and it is the one (that) has been most present on my mind since this all started,” Bramlett said. “Where will the new home of the Battleship Texas be? It is the most critical question I believe we face as an organization because if we get this wrong, there will be no turning back.”

Read more: https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Beaumont-s-Battleship-Texas-dreams-are-still-16658606.php

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