The USS Stewart, a World War II Edsall-class Destroyer Escort, made a brief voyage during Hurricane Ike's landfall this past summer.
The Stewart, one of only 3 WWII Destroyer Escorts still in existence, has been resting in the sand of Galveston's Seawolf Park on Pelican Island for decades, lifted off of the sand during Ike's storm surge and floated around a bit until the surge subsided.
Unfortunately, Stewart came to rest on top of a small pleasure boat, one that had probably been washed onto Seawolf Park from nearby Bolivar Peninsula. So now the city fathers of Galveston have to pay for the Stewart to be separated from the pleasure boat, the ownership of which has yet to be determined.
When I lived briefly in Galveston in the late 1980's, I visited the Stewart and its neighbor, the submarine Cavalla. The Stewart is effing tiny. If you're used to modern US Navy destroyers, which in size compare to WWII light cruisers, you'll be shocked by the tiny size of the Stewart.
Here's a link to some pics of the Stewart, both as a tourist attraction and as an active Navy ship.
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