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Seawolf Park, Galveston, TX

Photo: (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Chris Hoffpauir/Released), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

Sports & Outdoors

Seawolf Park

A waterfront park on Pelican Island near Galveston that houses two decommissioned Navy ships open for walk-through tours.

Galveston, TX

About Seawolf Park

Seawolf Park sits on Pelican Island, just north of Galveston. It serves as a memorial to the submarine USS Seawolf, which was mistakenly sunk by U.S. Navy forces during World War II. The park is home to the submarine USS Cavalla and the destroyer escort USS Stewart, which visitors can walk through from bow to stern, including the conning tower. Visitors also find a picnic area and fishing opportunities here.

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What's around here?

The closest stops to Seawolf Park, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Museums

    USS Stewart (DE-238)

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    A World War II Edsall-class destroyer escort open to visitors as a museum ship at the Galveston Naval Museum.

    Right next doorSwitch it up: Museums

  • Museums

    Galveston Naval Museum (USS Cavalla)

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    A WWII naval history museum at Seawolf Park, home to the submarine USS Cavalla and destroyer escort USS Stewart.

    Right next doorSwitch it up: Museums

  • Tours
    Family Favorite

    Galveston Party Boats

    $50+

    Bay and deep-sea catamaran fishing trips out of Galveston's harbor since the original operators of the format.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    1.8 mi awaySwitch it up: Tours

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Family Favorite

    Schlitterbahn Galveston Island Waterpark

    $50+

    Winding lazy rivers, a wave pool, and towering water slides make this Galveston's biggest waterpark.

    8.1 mi awayMore like this

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Outdoor Adventure

    Edward and Helen Oppenheimer Bird Observatory

    No admission fee

    A public birding platform at Artist Boat's Coastal Heritage Preserve on Galveston's west end, overlooking a prairie pond from a shaded, screened walkway.

    12 mi awayMore like this

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Outdoor Adventure

    Seawall Interpretive Trail (Project SIT)

    No admission fee

    A free self-guided trail of about 70 hand-tiled mosaic benches along Galveston's Seawall Boulevard, each telling a story of the Texas coast.

    13 mi awayMore like this