A new deckhouse was constructed with a larger pilothouse and a radio room. They make traditional ketch rigged motorsailers and the pilothouse sailing yachts. An enclosed pilothouse was built around the exhaust funnel on the quarterdeck. Her wooden pilothouse with its double helm wheel is completely intact. The forward two turrets were surmounted by a stationary pilothouse with armor nine inches thick. A new pilothouse and cabins were installed by the American Shipbuilding Company. Surmounting the Texas was the pilothouse, from which the vessel was commanded. Smalls entered the pilothouse and took command of the boat and piloted it to safety. It gives a semi-sheltered area outside the pilothouse while underway. Problems included instances of the windshield and entire pilothouse assembly collapsing upon wave impact. The pyramidal pilothouse was armored in the same way and had room for two men. People trapped inside the pilothouse were rescued by breaking through the windows. On May 10, 2010, NTSB inspectors attempted to replicate the problem with the pilothouse controls. The oldest remaining pilothouse is from the steamboat 'TELL CITY'. The other new things included two new Scotch marine boilers, and a new pilothouse.