The Texas Steer (U. S. S. Texas), Vol. 3, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 9, 1932 Page: 1 of 4
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U. S. S. TEXAS, JANUARY 9, 1932.
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At Anchor
San Pedro, Calif.*FLAG
TRANSFERS
TO NEW
YORK
THE PASSING
OF "MAGGIE"
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In answer to frequent inquiries
of "Where's Maggie" and "Has
Maggie had her puppies yet" the
editors feel it their sad duty to
announce the demise of the ship's
mascot. Everthing that was
pos. ibie was done to save her, but
she died in chidbirth, and likewise
her offspring.
Obtained from the Los Angeles
Dog Pound as a mascot for the
football team, "Maggie" in a short.
time endeared herself not only to
he team, but also to all the ship's
company. At "Mag's" appear-
ance on the sidelines at our last
few games she was greeted with
chee s that showed, more than
mere words can express, how much
she had endeared herself to all
hands - - and the ship's cooks also.
On Sundays and holidays, clothed
in her green and gold coat she was
a familiar figure on the quarter-:
deck aft where she aroused the
admiration of all visitors, and re-
ceived their endearments with'
haughty condescension, unless the
donor was dressed in Navy Blue.'
Ugly to a point of beauty,
friendly to an extreme, and loyal,
to all hands, poor "Maggie" has
gone to her end. All that remains
of her short stay here are a few
photographs, her green and gold
blanket, and our memories of her
(Continued on Page Two)Last week end found the pass- NIGHT FIRING
ageways of the wardroom and
junior officers country pretty well -000-
rowded here and there with On the night of December seven-
trunks, suitcases, and brxes that teenth last the Texas, in company
were rapidly being filled with with Batdiv. One plus the Penn-
apparel belonging to the officers sylvania, fired her night battle
of the staff and those of the avia- practice Baker. All those who
ion unit who were leaving the were fortunate enough to witness
Texas, just prior to her departure this remarkable exhibition of night
for Bremerton. On Tuesday morn- firing and even those who were be-
ing at a few minutes before ten, low, are still talking about it and
Admiral Sellers left the Texas. well they might, for it will be
Upon his arrival aboard the New many a moon ere such shooting is
York a few minutes later, his flag seen again. The night was fair
was broken at her main truck and with a waning moon and a calm
the two-star flag that had flown on sea when the group of darkened,
our own mainmast since the tegopo aknd
Texas has ben te fsie of silent men-of-war cautiously ap-
exas has been the flagship of proached the column of targets.
Battleship Division One, was haul- Everything in quiet readiness to
ed down and replaced by the com- the last man and to the minutest
mission pennant. detail. Suddenly a signal - then an
By Tuesday evening all of the inferno of noise and vivid flashes
members of the Admiral's staff had ushered in an atmosphere of
followed him to the New York and battle, with salvos and splashes
for the first time in many a moon finding their mark. First to: star-
the Texas had neither a four-star board with searchlight illumina-
or a two-star bunting flying atop tion showing up the rafts and then
her mainmast. to port on the second run, when star
The officers of the aviation unit shells lighted up the darkness to
were not far behind the members give us a vivid panorama of the
of the staff while the general cannonade. As quickly as it all
exodus was underway. Early in had started - so it ended. The re-
the afternoon the three Texas sult of conscientious training -
planes with Lieutenant Murphy team work - and the will to win,
Lieutenants (jg) Lovett Grant, are brief but tremendous. The
Buckley, Cromwell, Wakeman, and Texas achieved well over 100% in
Ensign Clymer took off for San the practice, which is the highest
Diego where they will be stationed score ever made at night battle
until the Texas returns from Bre- Baker, and which places our ship
merton. in first place for the gunnery year
so far completed.I
'1Vo!ume III.
Numher X~I
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Well done Secondary Battery!
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