USS Stewart (DE-238) - August 4th, 2007
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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
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The Stewart is landlocked at Seawolf Park
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Named for Charles Stewart, captain of the USS Constitution 1813-15
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Stewart's propellers on display with two 3 inch guns from the USS Texas
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Climb aboard and view the surroundings from the SS Selma top left . . .
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To the fishing pier, pavilion and parking lot beyond the ship museums
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To the mighty USS Cavalla and the conning tower of the USS Tautog
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The crew washroom is available for touring
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But the bathroom is off limits to overzealous tourists
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Stern depth charge racks used for whacking U-boats
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Rear deck with four depth charge projectors on each side
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Closeup of one of the depth charge projectors, called a "K" gun
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Stern three inch 50 calibre Mark 22 deck gun
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Three inch gun can toss a 13 pound projectile 14,600 yards
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Is this the galley or the laundry room . . .
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Well, these look like ovens, so, hmmmmm
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One of eight 20mm Mark 4 Anti-Aircraft guns
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Only one twin 40mm Mark 1 Anti-Aircraft gun onboard
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Bridge or Pilot House of the USS Stewart
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Look back through the opposite entrance of the bridge
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Exit the bridge below deck or out through either hatch
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Controls and portholes on the bridge
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Look over the bow and the two forward three inch guns
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Looking back toward the stern and the CSS Hunley reproduction below
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Hedgehog behind the #2 three inch gun
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Hedgehog projectiles only explode if they strike a sub
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View over the bow toward Galveston Bay
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View from the bow of the two 3 inch guns & bridge
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Sparrow's eye view through the 3 inch gun
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With below deck access closed, the tour is not very long
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A compass encircled with plaques to lost US Submarines during WWII
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View toward the stern of the long 306ft destroyer escort
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Even new Hunleys look a little worse for wear
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Conning tower of a scrapped nuclear-powered attack submarine
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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
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Walk past the pavilion and to the end of the fishing pier to see the concrete oil tanker
SS Selma
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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