Pelican Island (Texas)

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Pelican Island is an island located in Galveston County, Texas. It is part of the city of Galveston and is linked to Galveston Island by the Pelican Island causeway. The island is home to the Texas A&M University at Galveston as well as two museum ships—the destroyer escort USS Stewart (DE-238) and the submarine USS Cavalla (SS-244)—and Seawolf Park. Seawolf Parkway is the only street that runs across the island. The Intracoastal Waterway borders it to the north, separating Pelican Island from another island.

The south side of the island is home to multiple facilities, such as dry docks, and tugboat operators, that support the maritime industry in Galveston, and the Galveston Texas City Pilots who navigate ships through Galveston Bay.