USS Stewart, Military museum ship in Galveston, United States.
The USS Stewart is an Edsall-class destroyer escort displayed at Seawolf Park on Pelican Island. Its grey hull carries a geometric camouflage pattern of dark and light grey shapes, with "DE238" painted on the side beside a vertical number scale marked 1 to 22. A single gun mount sits amidships, a tiered superstructure rises aft with a second gun mount on top, and a cylindrical smokestack with a black cap stands mid-deck.
Built by Brown Shipbuilding in Houston, USS Stewart was laid down on 15 July 1942, launched on 22 November 1942 and commissioned on 31 May 1943. She escorted convoys to Iceland, Naples and England, and in 1944 made experimental attacks on a captured Italian submarine off Port Royal, Bermuda. Decommissioned in reserve in January 1947, she was struck from the Navy list on 1 October 1972.
The ship carries the name of Rear Admiral Charles Stewart, who led USS Constitution during the War of 1812. This connection links two different periods of American naval history through a single name.
The ship is located at Seawolf Park in Galveston and remains open to visitors year-round. Plan to spend several hours exploring the various decks and compartments throughout the vessel.
This vessel is one of only two remaining destroyer escorts in the United States and the sole surviving example of its Edsall-class design. Its rarity makes it an important record of this particular warship class.
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