USS Stewart (DE-238) - August 4th, 2007
The Destroyer Escort USS Stewart can be found at Seawolf Park along with the Submarine USS Cavalla. The Stewart was constructed at Brown Shipbuilding Yards in Houston, TX on May 31st, 1943
The Stewart is landlocked at Seawolf Park
Named for Charles Stewart, captain of the USS Constitution 1813-15
Stewart's propellers on display with two 3 inch guns from the USS Texas
Climb aboard and view the surroundings from the SS Selma top left . . .
To the fishing pier, pavilion and parking lot beyond the ship museums
To the mighty USS Cavalla and the conning tower of the USS Tautog
The crew washroom is available for touring
But the bathroom is off limits to overzealous tourists
Stern depth charge racks used for whacking U-boats
Rear deck with four depth charge projectors on each side
Closeup of one of the depth charge projectors, called a "K" gun
Stern three inch 50 calibre Mark 22 deck gun
Three inch gun can toss a 13 pound projectile 14,600 yards
Is this the galley or the laundry room . . .
Well, these look like ovens, so, hmmmmm
One of eight 20mm Mark 4 Anti-Aircraft guns
Only one twin 40mm Mark 1 Anti-Aircraft gun onboard
Bridge or Pilot House of the USS Stewart
Look back through the opposite entrance of the bridge
Exit the bridge below deck or out through either hatch
Controls and portholes on the bridge
Look over the bow and the two forward three inch guns
Looking back toward the stern and the CSS Hunley reproduction below
Hedgehog behind the #2 three inch gun
Hedgehog projectiles only explode if they strike a sub
View over the bow toward Galveston Bay
View from the bow of the two 3 inch guns & bridge
Sparrow's eye view through the 3 inch gun
With below deck access closed, the tour is not very long
A compass encircled with plaques to lost US Submarines during WWII
View toward the stern of the long 306ft destroyer escort
Even new Hunleys look a little worse for wear
Conning tower of a scrapped nuclear-powered attack submarine
Ferryboat Ray Stoker runs past the other Port Bolivar ferries L-to-R: R.H. Dedman, Gibb Gilchrist, R.C. Lanier, and D.C Greer
View from Stewart toward the Port of Galveston where the Texas Seaport Museum and Ocean Star Oil Rig Museum reside
The SS Selma was constructed in Mobile, AL in 1919, was damaged by striking a jetty in 1920 and sank at this location in 1922