USS Texas entered service in 1914 with ten 14-inch guns, 28,100 horsepower and a 27,000-ton displacement. After fighting in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Gov. Greg Abbott, and U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (L-R) dig in as part of Monday's groundbreaking for Davie Defense ...

GALVESTON, Texas — A major shipbuilding expansion could be coming to Texas as Davie, an international leader in icebreaker and specialized ship construction, announced plans to acquire shipyard assets ...

The quest to rebuild the United States Coast Guard icebreaker fleet received a major boost with the recent signing of $3.5B contract to build U.S. Arctic Security Cutters: two to be built at Davie ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The USS Roosevelt, an Arleigh Burke-class U.S. Navy destroyer, is at port. A Gulf Coast company just won a contract to build more ...

GALVESTON, Texas, June 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Davie Defense today broke ground on the modernization of the Gulf Copper shipbuilding facilities in Galveston and Port Arthur. This historic milestone ...

A booming salute from Battleship Texas on Monday capped the symbolic reincarnation of Galveston's Gulf Copper shipyard as Davie Defense's newest factory, tasked with building icebreaking ships for the ...