On a battlefield where a country was born sits a survivor of two world wars that will never sail again. Name that survivor and name the country with the one word commonly used for both.

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The Texas, commissioned in 1914, is the last surviving dreadnought battleship — a ship design that features large weapons of the same caliber, allowing for more concentrated blasts of fire. It is the only remaining U.S. battleship to survive two world wars, and is a microcosm of the technology of the era, Ward said. "Her career spans the earliest days of flight through the nuclear age," he said. Decommissioned in 1948, the ship was brought here by "Texans who couldn't stand the thought of a warship with the name 'Texas' on it being sunk as fodder during nuclear testing," Ward said. It was docked south of Houston at the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site, the location of an 1836 battle that led to Texas' independence from Mexico. http://www.usstexasbb35.com/Battle-Report/2005/Battle%20Report%20-%20May%2023%202005%20through%20May%2029%202005.pdf Aug 29 06, 8:21 PM