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Tried to clean up the page somehwhat. Fixed some consistency errors, such as numbering and capital letters. Hypeer 21:44, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup Tag

I felt that the article was good enough to remove the cleanup tag. We're allowed to make bold decisions, right? Hypeer 15:43, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gun layout

While the article mentions 5 dual gun turrets, it's not quite clear how they are distributed. From the text and images I guess 2 superfiring turrets in the front, 2 (also superfiring?) in the back and one "amidship" - what exactly does that mean? Can someone with access to good sources clarify this a bit? Of course, something like Image:HMS_Dreadnought_(1911)_profile_drawing.png would be really excellent.--Stephan Schulz (talk) 12:31, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Your are correct. The front two and rear two turrets are superfiring. The amidships turret is rear-facing and originally was aft of the rear cage mast. This turret is in-between the boiler rooms and the engine room. After the modernization in the 1930s the rear cage mast was removed and the new tripod was placed aft of the midships turret for weight concerns. I have not been able to find a free image, but I have a few that show the layout but they are copyrighted. Hope this helps, -MBK₀₀₄ 16:35, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it's reasonably clear now. I'll put a sentence into the article - please check it it agrees with your source. --Stephan Schulz (talk) 19:47, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Found an image that reasonably shows what you're looking for: Image:USS Texas-5.jpg -MBK₀₀₄ 04:48, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Found yet another image: Image:USS Texas-6.jpg -MBK₀₀₄ 21:11, 2 December 2007 (UTC)