She entered dry-dock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in September, and remained there until April 1987. She then began to make preparations for a homeport change to Alameda, California then went north to Bremerton, Washington, for a Complex Overhaul. She departed on 1 September 1983, returning to San Diego. Texas visited the Town of Albany, Western Australia, anchoring in King George Sound on 29 August 1983 for an R&R visit. The anti-nuclear movement in New Zealand objected to the US policy of not publicizing which of its ships carried nuclear weapons. On 11 August 1983, anti-nuclear activists marched in Wellington, New Zealand in opposition to a port visit there by Texas. On 19 July, while departing the Fisherman Island Wharf, Texas was damaged above the waterline after colliding with the quay, but continued after repairs were made. Her next port of call was Brisbane, Australia, where she arrived on 14 July 1983. Texas, along with attack submarine USS Phoenix (SSN-702) arrived at naval base HMAS Stirling in Rockingham, south of Fremantle, where they stayed until the 7 July before Texas departed, operating independently from the battle group. On 1 July 1983 the Carl Vinson CBG arrived at Perth, Australia. Virgin Islands, Monaco, Morocco and Cote D'Ivoire. Texas spent the first part of the following year operating in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea after visits to Saint Thomas, U.S. The world cruise also included a change of homeport to San Diego, from Norfolk. On 1 March 1983 Texas sailed from Norfolk on her third deployment with the USS Carl Vinson Carrier Battle Group (CBG), and included an around-the-world cruise which allowed her to visit every inhabited continent except South America and to sail every ocean except the Arctic. Vishnya-class intelligence ship SSV-535 Kareliya and USS Texas (CGN-39) in 1988 1983–1987 Betty Jane Briscoe, wife of Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe, and commissioned on 10 September 1977. She was launched on 9 August 1975, sponsored by Mrs. She was initially designated a guided missile destroyer leader (DLGN), but was reclassified as a guided missile cruiser and given the hull classification symbol CGN-39 on 30 June 1975, as part of the Navy's ship reclassification plan. Her keel was laid down on 18 August 1973, at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. She was the third ship of the Navy to be named in honor of the State of Texas. USS Texas (DLGN/CGN-39) was the United States Navy's second Virginia-class nuclear guided missile cruiser.
2 × 5 inch/54 caliber Mk-45 lightweight guns.2 × triple Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes.2 × Mk-143 armored box launchers for Tomahawk missile ASM/LAM.2 × MK-26 missile launcher for " Standard" SAMs and ASROC (68 Missiles).AN/SPG-60 Gun/Missile fire control radar.Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock CompanyĢ General Electric D2G reactors, geared turbines, twin propellers, 60,000 hp (45,000 kW)
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