THE USSS STEWART: Length: 306 ft Compliment: 201 enlisted sailors, 8 officers Power: Diesel Class: Edsall Commissioned: May 31, 1943 Decommissioned: January 1947 USS Stewart (DE 238) is an Edsall-class destroyer escort built by Brown Shipbuilding in Houston. Destroyer Escorts were designed to be antisubmarine surface vessels that protected slow-moving convoys. They were small, unarmored, and thin hulled to maximize maneuverability, characteristics which earned them the nickname “Tin Cans.”...

THE US CAVALLA (SS 244) Length: 311 ft 9 in Compliment: 54 enlisted submariners, 6 officers Power: Diesel-Electric Class: Gato Test depth: 300 ft Commissioned: February 29, 1944 Decommissioned: June 3, 1968 On her first patrol, USS Cavalla’s crew spotted Japanese forces while in transit to her station in the Philippines. The crew was given strict orders to observe and report only. Several hours later they made their report of the convoy’s location, which led to American success in the Battle...