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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 / 29.33417°N 94.77917°W / 29.33417; -94.77917 ), just north of Galveston , Texas , in the United States
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 ...
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.
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Pelican Island is an island located in Galveston County, Texas.It is part of the city of Galveston and is linked to Galveston Island by the Pelican Island causeway.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.
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.