During a 1924 European cruise with Naval Academy midshipmen, Texas participated in the destruction of the unfinished USS Washington. The target ship had to be disposed of under the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty. Texas used the treaty obligation as a live-gunnery opportunity, linking arms control directly to fleet training. The episode gives a concrete example of how interwar limits removed capital ships that were already under construction.
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Texas enforced naval arms limitation against USS Washington
In 1924 Texas helped dispose of the incomplete battleship Washington as required by the Washington Naval Treaty.