Why The Battleship Texas May Soon Be Leaving Harris County For Good

If you’re thinking of visiting the Battleship Texas at its current home in La Porte, you’d better do so soon. The ship is currently open to the public on restricted hours, Friday to Sunday only. But come the end of the year, it will be floated to a shipyard out of state for extensive repairs, and the odds are it won’t be coming back to Harris County — despite the efforts of local officials, such as County Commissioner Adrian Garcia.

Last month, Garcia sponsored a resolution in Harris County Commissioners Court calling to defeat any effort to permanently change the ship’s home from the San Jacinto Battleground State Park, where the ship has sat for more than 70 years.

“There is no more appropriate location for this historic artifact to rest than where the state of Texas began,” Garcia said.

The concern is that the Battleship Texas isn’t drawing nearly enough visitors to pay the $2 million a year to maintain the century-old battleship, let alone to pay for the extensive repairs the ship now needs.

Read more: https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/in-depth/2019/07/23/339292/why-the-battleship-texas-may-soon-be-leaving-harris-county-for-good/

I've been there and the San Jacinto monument. My grandparents lived about one mile away from the park.