Seawolf Park,Galveston Island, Texas

Seawolf Park
Galveston Island, Texas

Seawolf Park is a memorial to USS Seawolf (SS-197), a United States Navy Sargo-class submarine mistakenly sunk by U.S. Navy forces in 1944 during World War II. It is located on Pelican Island just north of Galveston, Texas.

For more on the Museum click on the link below;

http://www.galveston.com/seawolfpark/

Damage from Hurricane Ike Sept 1 2008

US Navy Photo

USS Stewart DDE 238

http://www.hnsa.org/ships/stewart.htm

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Class: Edsall Destroyer Escort
Launched: November 22, 1942
At: Brown Shipbuilding Company, Houston, Texas
Commissioned: May 31, 1943

Length: 307 feet
Beam: 37 feet
Draft: 12 feet
Displacement: 1,490 tons .

Armament: Three 3 inch/50 caliber guns, two quad 40mm guns, ten twin 20mm guns, hedgehogs, K-guns and depth charges

US Navy Photo

USS Cavalla
SS 244 SSk244 AGSS 244

www.cavalla.org

SPECIFICATIONS
Overall Length x Maximum Breadth: 311 ft. 9 in. x 27 ft. 3 in Draft: 15'3"
Displacement: 1526 tons surfaced; 2,410 tons submerged
Operating Depth: 300 feet. Watertight Compartments: 8 plus conning tower.
Pressure Hull Plating: approx. 11/16 in. mild steel Crew: 6/54
Torpedo Tubes: 21 inch--6 bow; 4 stern; max load = 24 Deck Guns: 1 3-in/20mm/40mm
Maximum Speed: 21 knots surfaced; 9 knots submerged
Cruising Range: 11,000 miles surfaced at 10 knots Submerged Endurance: 48 hours at 2 knots
Fuel Capacity: 94,400 gallons Patrol Endurance: 75 days
Propulsion: 4 Diesel engines x 1600 shaft horse power
main motors x 1370 horse power
2 126-cell Sargo main storage batteries.
1 aux. generator.

CONSTRUCTION
Number of boats in class: 73
Builders: Electric Boat of Groton, Connecticut. Keel laid 4 March 1943.
Launched: 14 November 1943 Commissioned: 29 February 1944