Keyholed

In a three-hour gun duel with the shore batteries protecting the city of Cherbourg, USS Texas took a couple hits. One wrecked the pilot house, causing almost a dozen casualties including the only KIA aboard BB-35 during the war; another hit was one of those freaks of coincidence...

It's apparent from the shape of the hole that the 240mm shell had keyholed when it hit the hull, possibly having skipped off the water. The unexploded projectile was found in the bunk of the ship's clerk. It was later disarmed by EOD techs in England and remained on the ship as a trophy.

The duel with the Cherbourg shore batteries was intense. Texas fired a third as many 14-inch shells in a few hours as it had in eleven days stationed off the Normandy beaches. 

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