USS Stewart (DE-238)

USS Stewart (DE-238)

USS Stewart in 1943
History
United States
Name	Stewart
Namesake	Charles Stewart
Builder	Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Laid down	15 July 1942
Launched	22 November 1942
Commissioned	31 May 1943
Decommissioned	January 1947
Stricken	1 October 1972
Fate	Donated as a museum ship to Galveston, Texas on 25 June 1974
General characteristics
Class and type	Edsall-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,253 long tons (1,273 t) standard 1,590 long tons (1,620 t) full load
Length	306 ft (93.3 m)
Beam	36.58 ft (11.1 m)
Draft	10.42 ft (3.2 m) full load
Propulsion	4 FM diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6,000 shp (4,500 kW) 2 screws
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range	9,100 nmi (16,900 km; 10,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	8 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament	3 × single 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns 1 × twin 40 mm AA guns 8 × single 20 mm AA guns 1 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 8 × depth charge projectors 1 × depth charge projector (hedgehog) 2 × depth charge tracks
USS Stewart
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
USS Stewart Show map of Texas USS Stewart Show map of the United States
Location	East End of Seawolf Park, Galveston, Texas
Coordinates	29°20′9″N 94°46′46″W / 29.33583°N 94.77944°W / 29.33583; -94.77944
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
NRHP reference No.	07000689[1]
Added to NRHP	12 July 2007

USS Stewart (DE–238) is an Edsall-class destroyer escort, the third United States Navy ship so named. This ship was named for Rear Admiral Charles Stewart (28 July 1778 – 6 November 1869), who commanded USS Constitution during the War of 1812. Stewart is one of only two preserved destroyer escorts in the U.S. and is the only Edsall-class vessel to be preserved. She is on display in Galveston, Texas as a museum ship and is open to the public.