USS Cavalla
USS Cavalla is an attraction in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Rattlesnake Mound stands 2 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Galveston Naval Museum, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Independence Trail passes 2.0 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
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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Wikidata Q1398898, matched on coordinates and name (3 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1943
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Galveston Naval Museum: 0.0 mi
- Lindale Little League Park: 1.2 mi
- Lindale Park: 1.2 mi
- Adoue Park: 2.0 mi
- Saengerfest Park: 2.1 mi
- Galveston Quarantine Stations: 0.1 mi
- Galveston: Gateway to Texas: 0.1 mi
- SS Selma: 0.2 mi
- Galveston Island: 0.6 mi
- Galveston, C. S. A.: 1.1 mi
- Conning Tower of USS Carp: 0.0 mi
- Sail of USS Tautog: 0.0 mi
- USS Stewart: 0.0 mi
- Elissa: 1.9 mi
- Dolphin Tree Sculpture: 2.0 mi
- East Beach: 1.9 mi
- Stewart Beach: 2.0 mi
- Stewart Beach Park: 2.0 mi
- Porretto Beach: 2.3 mi
- Porretto Beach: 2.3 mi
- Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig Museum: 1.7 mi
- Galveston Historic Seaport: 1.8 mi
- Texas Seaport Museum: 1.9 mi
- Galveston Railroad Museum: 2.2 mi
- Galveston County Historical Museum: 2.2 mi
- East End Lagoon Nature Perserve: 2.0 mi
- Horseshoe Marsh Bird Sanctuary: 3.2 mi
- Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary: 4.0 mi
- Lafitte's Cove Nature Preserve: 12.3 mi
- Dos Vacas Muertas Bird Sanctuary: 20.5 mi
- Gleaves T. James Rose Garden: 1.7 mi
- Carol's Garden: 2.3 mi
- Harris Garden: 2.5 mi
- Oleander Garden Park: 2.6 mi
- Galveston Garden Club: 3.4 mi
- Mary Moody Northern Ampitheater: 13.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Mound: 21.9 mi
- Mesquite Knoll: 24.4 mi
- "Grandmother Reading to Her Grandchildren" Tree Sculpture: 1.9 mi
- Bolivar Point: 2.6 mi
- Red Bluff: 22.2 mi
- Red Bluff: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of USS Cavalla. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattlesnake Mound | WSW 246° | 2 m | 21.9 mi |
| Mesquite Knoll | NNW 338° | 0 m | 24.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 19:48 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:46 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:50 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 58 | 64 | 69 | 78 | 83 | 85 | 85 | 82 | 74 | 65 | 58 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Galveston, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 08000477OpenStreetMapWikipedia- National Register of Historic Places — USS CAVALLA (submarine), reference 08000477, listed 05/27/08.
OpenStreetMap element way/62798450
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