The Destroyer Escort 238 USS Stewart was commissioned into active service on May 31, 1943 having been constructed at the Brown Shipbuilding Yards in Houston.
Tag Archives: Galveston The Elissa is a three-masted, iron-hulled barque built in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1877. She was rescued from destruction in a Greek Shipyard in 1975 by the Galveston Historical Foundation and towed to Galveston in 1979. show 1 comment 
[...] view or to purchase) So if your followed one of the links on yesterday’s post about the Elissa, you may have noticed that Texas has an official state ship, BB-35 USS Texas, in addition to an [...] show 2 comments 
Where is Surfside Beach? 
Hi Linda, Surfside Beach is about 36 miles south-west along the Texas Gulf Coast from Galveston. It lies on the eastern gulf side of the inlet that feeds the intercoastal waterway. Freeport, Texas lies on the inland side to the west of that inlet.  So I’d planned to write this post about the USS Cavalla, on display in Seawolf Park, Galveston, Texas, accompanied by a series of photos but I just didn’t get around to it. So all I have right now is this one image of the forward torpedo room that I’ve been working on. Production Data Camera:… show 2 comments 
Richard, I was just there two weeks ago. That is an amazing photo of the sub. Mine didn’t turn out anything like that! 
Hey Richard, Nice blog! Thanks for sharing your passion for photography and your excellent shots! -Steve  It was a dark and stormy night No, really, it was. Three years ago, on the 7th anniversary of 9/11, my family was among millions of others preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Ike. Our lives had been changed three years before that with the devastation wrought on New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina. Then, with… show 1 comment 
Great piece of photojournalism. I really enjoyed hearing your personal story and seeing the colorful new homes on stilts. Cheers! |
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[...] back, the city acquired several downtown blocks near the George R. Brown (yes, same Brown as in Brown Shipbuilding and KBR) Convention Center. On it they built the Toyota Center – home to the Houston Rockets [...]