{"nrhp_refnum":"07000689","name":"USS STEWART","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"East End of Seawolf Park","address_restricted":false,"city":"Galveston","county":"Galveston County","state":"TX","lat":29.335957634000067,"lon":-94.77963261399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-07-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":[],"summary":{"what_it_is":"USS Stewart (DE238) is an Edsall Class destroyer escort built by Brown Shipbuilding Company in Houston, Texas, launched 22 November 1942 and commissioned 31 May 1943. It is now dry-berthed as a museum ship at the east end of Seawolf Park in Galveston, Texas.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the ship is one of only two of the 563 World War II destroyer escorts still in existence in the United States. It represents the type and method of construction of anti-submarine escorts built quickly in welded steel. It also shows the contribution of Texas and Gulf Coast shipyards to the war effort, and it retains high integrity of design.","narrative":"Berthed on dry land beside the Galveston Ship Channel, USS Stewart is a World War II destroyer escort of the Edsall Class. Brown Shipbuilding in Houston laid her keel in July 1942, launched her four months later, and delivered her to the Navy in May 1943. Built of welded steel and driven by diesel engines, she was designed for speed of construction and for hunting submarines, carrying Hedgehog and depth charge weapons along with 3-inch and 40mm guns. Of 563 destroyer escorts built, she is one of only two surviving in the United States. Her interior compartments, from crew berthing and the galley to the bridge and combat information center, remain largely original, and restoration work is ongoing. Her service life lasted less than five years, which limited later alteration. The ship is valued for her military role in the Battle of the Atlantic and for showing how Texas shipyards mobilized for the war.","period_of_significance":"1943-46","architect_builder":"Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas","architectural_style":"Other: Edsall Class Destroyer Escort","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Open as a museum ship on dry land at Seawolf Park. The exterior is weathered and being stripped and repainted, and the Flying Bridge is closed to the public pending repairs.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.70834-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/64/9720/40972064/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/07000689.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000689/786f78c011-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000689/786f78c011-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Stewart_(DE-238)_underway_at_sea_on_21_November_1943_(80-G-200282).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Stewart_(DE-238)_underway_at_sea_on_21_November_1943_(80-G-200282).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972064","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Stewart_(DE-238)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7874393"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/galveston-county/uss-stewart-07000689/"}