USS Cavalla

USS Cavalla, 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.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: 1943 Gato-class submarine
  • Also known as: “AGSS-144”, “SS-244”, “SSK-244”, and “SSK244, AGSS244”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include USS Stewart and SS Selma.

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is an Edsall-class destroyer escort, the third United States Navy ship so named. This ship was named for Rear Admiral Charles Stewart, who commanded USS Constitution during the War of 1812.

Disaster remains
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was a concrete-hulled oil tanker built as part of the World War I Emergency Fleet, one of only twelve concrete ships that were completed for it. is situated 1 mile northwest of USS Cavalla.

University
The is a public academic health science center in , United States. It is part of the University of Texas System. is situated 1½ miles south of USS Cavalla.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Galveston and Port Bolivar.

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is a city on Island, off the , approximately 45 minutes southeast of . is a port of entry and a destination for almost all the cruise ships with ports of call in Texas.

Village
is an unincorporated community located on the northern shore of the western tip of the , separated from by the entrance to . is situated 3½ miles north of USS Cavalla.

USS Cavalla

Latitude
29.33421° or 29° 20′ 3″ north
Longitude
-94.77889° or 94° 46′ 44″ west
Inception
1943
Open location code
76X786MC+MC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 62798450
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Wiki­data ID
Q1398898
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Satellite Map

Discover USS Cavalla from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Banjar to Vietnamese—“USS Cavalla” goes by many names.
  • Banjar: “Cavalla”
  • Banjar: “USS Cavalla”
  • Chinese: “棘鰭”
  • Chinese: “棘鰭號潛艦”
  • Chinese: “竹莢魚”
  • Chinese: “竹莢魚號潛艇”
  • Chinese: “竹莢魚號潜艇”
  • Dutch: “Cavalla”
  • Dutch: “USS Cavalla”
  • Finnish: “Cavalla”
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  • French: “Cavalla”
  • French: “SS-244”
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  • German: “Cavalla”
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  • Gorontalo: “Cavalla”
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  • Indonesian: “Cavalla”
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  • Irish: “USS Cavalla”
  • Japanese: “カヴァラ”
  • Javanese: “Cavalla”
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  • Malay: “Cavalla”
  • Malay: “USS Cavalla”
  • Minangkabau: “Cavalla”
  • Minangkabau: “USS Cavalla”
  • Persian: “یواس‌اس کاوالا”
  • Polish: “Cavalla”
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  • Portuguese: “Cavalla”
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  • Russian: “Cavalla”
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  • Sundanese: “Cavalla”
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  • Ukrainian: “USS Cavalla (SS-244)”
  • Ukrainian: “USS Cavalla”
  • Vietnamese: “USS Cavalla (SS-244)”
  • Vietnamese: “USS Cavalla”
  • “USS Cavalla”

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