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2. Seawolf Park - Wikipedia

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   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 (29°20′03″N 94°46′45″W), just north of Galveston, Texas, in the United States. The park has two museum ships, submarine USS Cavalla (SS-244 ...

3. USS Cavalla (SS-244) - Wikipedia

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   Cavalla was reclassified an "auxiliary submarine", AGSS-244, in July 1963. Cavalla was decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register on 30 December 1969. On 21 January 1971, Cavalla was transferred to the Texas Submarine Veterans of World War II. She now resides at Galveston Naval Museum in Seawolf Park on Pelican Island, just north of ...

4. USS Stewart (DE-238) - Wikipedia

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   On 25 June 1974, Stewart and the Gato-class submarine Cavalla were donated by the U.S. Navy to the city of Galveston for use as part of the American Undersea Warfare Center at Seawolf Park. The municipal park is a memorial to the loss of USS Seawolf, SS-197 and Texans who died in World War II. The park is located on Pelican Island.

5. Pelican Island (Texas) - Wikipedia

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   The island is home to the Texas A&M University at Galveston as well as two museum ships—the destroyer escort USS Stewart (DE-238) and the submarine USS Cavalla (SS-244)—and Seawolf Park. Seawolf Parkway is the only street that runs across the island. In 1965, Galveston businessman George Mitchell purchased a large parcel of land on Pelican ...

6. USS Tautog (SSN-639) - Wikipedia

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   USS Tautog (SSN-639) USS. Tautog. (SSN-639) The tautog, a type of wrasse. USS Tautog (SSN-639), a Sturgeon -class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tautog (Tautoga onitis), a wrasse commonly found along the Northern Atlantic coast. The submarine was in service from 17 August 1968 to 31 March 1997.

7. USS Cavalla - Wikipedia

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   USS Cavalla (SS-244), was a Gato -class submarine, commissioned in 1944, served until 1969, and is a museum ship at the American Undersea Warfare Center (AUWC) collocated at Seawolf Park in Galveston, Texas. USS Cavalla (SSN-684), was a Sturgeon -class attack submarine commissioned in 1973 and in service until 1998. Categories: Set index ...

8. Barge slams into Galveston bridge causing collapse as oil ...

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   A bridge in Galveston Texas was hit by a barge on Wednesday, causing part of an attached railway to collapse (AP) ... Seawolf Park, a memorial to USS Seawolf, and several maritime industry ...

9. Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier - Wikipedia

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   The new Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier was built 1,130 feet (340 m) out over the Gulf of Mexico waters. It had its "soft" opening on May 25, 2012. [6] The new pier complex is located where the original Pleasure Pier stood from 1943 until 1961, when it was destroyed by Hurricane Carla. The original Pleasure Pier featured rides, an ...