The Texas Clipper was known as the USS Queens and then the SS Excambion before becoming the training ship for the Texas Maritime Academy at Texas A&M Galveston in 1965. Its last cruise as the training ship for the Texas ...

Originally named the USS Queens, the ship was renamed the Excambion in 1948. It served as a cruise ship from New York City to the Mediterranean. Its last cruise was in 1959. In 1965 it was renamed the Texas Clipper and ...

Master electrician and former student of the Texas Maritime Academy (TMA) at Texas A&M University at Galveston. Consists of a collection of records from the first voyage of the training ship, Texas Clipper, during the 1965 ...

The USS Queens was an attack transport during WWII in the Pacific. The collection consists of two documents, a Christmas Day Menu and the travel record of the Queens.

Large sign used on the gangway of the Texas Clipper I.

Bright orange oars from the Texas Clipper.

Life ring from the Texas Clipper. Included are a series of pictures of the Texas Clipper and other ships.

Joe Gooby (Bosun on the ship) always known as just “Gooby”, built this model of the Texas Clipper while on cruise.

Original wheel from Texas Clipper I from the Clipper engine room.

Painting of the TS Texas Clipper by Harry Anysen, State Artist of Texas from 1980-1981.