Explore a World War 2 Destroyer/ USS Stewart Galveston, Texas

[@BALOYBEACHBUM]

My Dad was a Gunnersmate aboard the same class the USS Finch DE-328,1 '43-45

[@raeanddad7421]

Thank you for sharing. I imagine he had stories to tell.

[@MrKen-wy5dk]

There used to be a destroyer and and a DE identical to this one based on Pelican Island near Texas A&M. They were used by the Naval Reserve. My Boy Scout troop 210 in La Marque stayed overnight on the DE, ate breakfast in that same type "dining room" and sailed out about 60 miles into the Gulf of Mexico. The porpoises swam along with us keeping company. In the afternoon, General Quarters were sounded, the 3in 50cal guns were manned and loaded with live ammunition and a plane towing a target way behind it appeard in the distance. We scouts were all crowded in front of the bridge overlooking the two forward 3 inchers when, without warning, they started firing at the target. We could see the black smoke of the AA shells exploding around the target. The smoke and paper packing in the shells casings came flying back over us, the crack of the guns, they were in rapid fire mode, stampeded us scouts over each other trying to get away. I still have my Kodak Instamatic color photos of that trip.

[@raeanddad7421]

Wow. What an experience. We would love to experience something like that. Thank you so much for sharing your story with us and thank you for watching.

[@michaelparker4457]

Awesome Video. Thank you for posting. Very educational and informative. Well Done 🇺🇸

[@raeanddad7421]

Thank you so much. We love visiting WW2 locations and learning about the history, especially the naval history. We have filmed at a few WW2 spots now. Be sure to check some more of those videos out. Look forward to hearing your thoughts on our other videos.

[@NoGoBu]

Bulkheads,ladder's,port, stern,starbord,overhead,deck, Navy jargon

[@raeanddad7421]

Thank you. We are slowly but surely learning our Navy jargon. We appreciate the list. It will help us. :)

[@galvestonnavalmuseum5274]

Thanks for visiting and making this great video!

[@jimmiles33]

Most everything on this ship is identical to the Cannon class Slater, minus the main propulsion. The spaces you went through in the video are all aboard the Slater as well!

[@raeanddad7421]

Thanks for the comment and the information. We will have to look up the Slater. Was it also a Destroyer Escort?

[@jimmiles33]

@@raeanddad7421 last destroyer escort afloat in the USA. Moored in Albany NY, and has been restored to her June 1944 configuration.

[@raeanddad7421]

We will need to check her out sometime. Thanks again for the info.

[@adhdoutdoors6919]

This is super cool, what a great experience for a child to have.

[@raeanddad7421]

It was a lot of fun. We also checked out a WW2 submarine while there which is a separate video. Thanks for watching :)

[@raeanddad7421]

@Its_Mathew That is a bummer. We hope you can make it back another time.

[@moonwacher459]

My grand father gose up there to volunteer to keep it in shape

[@raeanddad7421]

That is great. Wish we lived a little closer so we could volunteer. We really appreciate all of those people who keep the place going. Please tell him thank you form Rae and Dad.

[@moonwacher459]

@@raeanddad7421 we live in Hillsboro texas you go up there and stay on the ship for a week

[@raeanddad7421]

@@moonwacher459 That is so cool. We will check it out. Thank you.

[@moonwacher459]

@@raeanddad7421 your welcome

[@derekchristensen13]

We just vacationed in Galveston 2 weeks ago! Also visited Houston! We did drive by this and take pictures from the road but didnt go in. Looks pretty cool inside! I did a vlog series in galveston if you would like to check it out! I'm your newest subscriber lol!

[@raeanddad7421]

We will definitely check it out. Thank you for watching our video. Maybe we will cross paths someday :).

[@ikkim1985]

Enjoyed watching video. And Thanks for bringing back my memories back in states. I used to go to sea wolf park with my dad(10yo kid back in 1995). picture of me on the AA gun of the ship always reminded me and made me wonder how the ship would be like these days.

[@raeanddad7421]

Glad we could share with you. We had so much fun and hope to go back again sometime soon. It is such a great park with so much history. We went through the USS Cavalla also. Here is that video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJ2UaJpooKxnjrs

[@ikkim1985]

@@raeanddad7421 thanks! Enjoyed the Sub as well. It would be glad to see places around Galveston in future. Stay safe and all the best. - from Far East Seoul.

[@Bellthorian]

Technically she is a destroyer escort, not a Destroyer. The main difference between the two is Destroyers had to be fast enough to keep up with capital ships. Where Destroyer escorts only had to be fast enough to keep up with the convoys they were designed to escort.

[@raeanddad7421]

Thank you for the comment and info. We appreciate it. We are hoping to find a Gleaves class destroyer to visit. Rae's great grandfather served on one in WW2. Thanks for watching.

[@Bellthorian]

@@raeanddad7421 Unfortuniatly there are no Gleaves class destroyers preserved as museum ships but the proceeding class which is VERY similar the Fletcher class has several examples you can visit. USS The Sullivans (DD-537), in Buffalo, New York USS Kidd (DD-661), in Baton Rouge, Louisiana USS Cassin Young (DD-793), in Boston, Massachusetts The Fletchers were a bit bigger but they had the same general armament of five 5 inch 38 caliber guns in the same layout. Both were twin stack Destroyers. They both had 2 quintuple 21 inch Torpedo mounts. Both had the MK-37 gunfire control system, both had the two depth charge rack and 6 K-gun launchers amid ships. It isn't exactly the same ship but it is the closest thing you can come to the ship your Grandfather served on.

[@raeanddad7421]

@@Bellthorian This is great information. Thank you. Baton Rouge is not to far from us. We will plan a trip there for the fall and shoot an episode there. Really appreciate you sending us all of this information. FYI we just shot an episode from Pearl Harbor and will get that out in the coming weeks.

[@Bellthorian]

@@raeanddad7421 When I was in the Army, I was there in 1991 for the 50th anniversary of Pearl Harbor. It was awesome walking around and talking to as many Vets as I could getting their stories. I hope you got to go on the Missouri, I served on the USS Iowa. Battleships are the best in my heavily biased opinion lol.

[@archiscapes1503]

Love this video...great tour of a cool battleship! Reminds me of the battleship in Mobile...very similar from the same time period.

[@raeanddad7421]

Thank you for watching. We drove past the Battleship in Mobile in March and Dad really wanted to go, but we past through when it was not open. Next time :) Thanks for the comment.

[@davidhess6899]

Not a battleship

[@chrisgentry7242]

Those are not stairs. Those are ladders.

[@raeanddad7421]

Yes they are :) Thanks for watching and for the comment :)

[@davidhess6899]

Yes I pointed out a few similar issues such as passageway not hallway and machine shop not machine room

[@dmorrison7774]

She was. DE, destroyer escort, not a destroyer, sorry

[@raeanddad7421]

Thank you for the comment and for watching.

[@nomore9203]

Sad thing is the city of Galveston wants to scrap the Destroyer Escort and the submarine and sell the land.

[@raeanddad7421]

Oh no. We sure hope that does not happen. Are they historic landmarks? That might help save them. We love Seawolf Park and the history the two ships (sub and ship) represent.

[@davidhess6899]

It's a passageway not a hallway and also it's a machine shop not a machine room.I did 4 yrs on a destroyer dd842 use Fiske dd 842

[@patrickmorris9710]

That is a destroyer escort.

[@raeanddad7421]

That is correct. DE-238. The USS Stewart. Thanks for watching and the comment.

[@patrickmorris9710]

The bridge had a role in a movie. I think John Wayne was in it. I don't remember the name of the movie.

[@raeanddad7421]

@@patrickmorris9710 No kidding. We will look that up and/or please share the movie if you find out. Thank you so much. We love trivia like that. We have discussed finding filming locations for episodes. Maybe that could be our first :)

[@patrickmorris9710]

Th curator should know. He gave me a personal tour several years ago.

[@raeanddad7421]

@@patrickmorris9710 Will have to ask next time we go. Thank you again for all of the info. We really appreciate it.

[@BALOYBEACHBUM]

Great Video but you disrespect the USN by playing the looser tune at the end, that tune is not allowed to be played in the US Navy, and is racist to say the least!

[@raeanddad7421]

Thank you for your comment and brining the sensitivity of the end song to our attention. We appreciate it. Both Dad’s grandfathers served on ships in WW 2. (great grands for Rae).

[@davidhess6899]

Jesus another snowflake dem.