was headquartered at Houston Yacht Club and held annual Admiral Balls where the governor would review the fleet at the San Jacinto Monument. The fleet primarily consisted of civilian vessels from its members with the USS Texas serving as flagship. Officers were selected on their merits and commissioned by the Governor as Admirals in the Texas Navy. Texas Navy Association Although the Tideland dispute was settled on 1 June 1960, the Third Texas Navy continued to function as a social club. In 1970, its headquarters were relocated to Galveston by Governor Preston Smith. In October 1972, it was re-designated the Texas Navy Association and chartered as a nonprofit organization by Secretary of State Bob Bullock. In 1973, the Sixty-third Texas Legislature passed S.B. 94, which established the "Texas Navy Association as the official governing body of Texas Navy operations". As of 2019, the Texas Navy Association is still in operation. Maritime Regiment The Maritime Regiment of the Texas State Guard, also known as the Texas Maritime Regiment and TMAR, was established by the Commander-in-Chief of Texas Military Forces, Governor Rick Perry, in 2006. It was the naval militia force of Texas tasked with providing sea, littoral, and riverine operational support for homeland defense, including civil contingency, security, rescue, and disaster operations in conjunction with the United States Coast Guard, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas Forest Service, and the Lower Colorado River Authority. It operated and maintained a fleet of brown-water watercraft. It was replaced by the Special Troops Battalions in the January 1, 2020 reorganization by Commanding General Major General Robert Bodisch, which maintains the same mission-set. See also Awards and decorations of the Texas Military List of conflicts involving the Texas Military Texas Military Department Texas Military Forces Citations General bibliography Originally published by Dienst in 1909 as The Navy of the Republic of Texas. Fischer, Earnest G (1900), Robert Potter: Founder of the Texas Navy, Pelican Publishing Company Incorporated, pp. 320, Hill, Jim Dan (1987), The Texas Navy: in forgotten battles and shirtsleeve diplomacy, State House Press, pp. 224, Stone, Barry (2011), True Crime and Punishment, Mutinies: Shocking Real-life Stories of Subversion at Sea, Pier 9, Murdoch Books, pp. 151–152, Sullivan, Roy F. (2010), The Texas Navies, AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN, pp. 176, External links Texas Navy, Marines, and Coast Guards - Uniforms of the Republic of Texas (Texas Military Forces Museum.org) Texas Navy Association Texas Revolution People