USS CAVALLA (submarine)

E.end of Seawolf Park, Galveston, Texas. County/parish: Galveston.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 27, 2008. NRIS 08000477.

1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

AGSS244
SSK244

From Wikipedia:

USS Cavalla (SS/SSK/AGSS-244), a Gato-class submarine, is a submarine of the United States Navy named for a salt water fish, best known for sinking the Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku.

Her keel was laid down on 4 March 1943 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 14 November 1943 (sponsored by Mrs. M. Comstock), and commissioned on 29 February 1944, Lieutenant Commander (later Rear Admiral) Herman J. Kossler, USN, (class of 1934) in command.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972066