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Home of the USS YORKTOWN aircraft carrier, Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum is South Carolina’s largest museum. Located along the Charleston harbor in Mt. Pleasant, SC, this one-of-a-kind museum includes three Navy vessels, 28 historic aircraft, and an immersive 2.5-acre Vietnam Experience that tells the story of the Vietnam War using ...
- U.S.S. Yorktown
The USS YORKTOWN (CV-10) was the tenth aircraft carrier to...
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- U.S.S. Yorktown
The USS YORKTOWN (CV-10) was the tenth aircraft carrier to serve in the United States Navy. Under construction as BON HOMME RICHARD, this new Essex-class carrier was renamed in honor of YORKTOWN (CV-5) sunk at the epic Battle of Midway (June 1942). Built in an amazing 16 ½ months at Newport News, Virginia, YORKTOWN was commissioned on April 15 ...
- 27,000+ tons (1943) 30,000+ tons (1956)
- 14,000 nautical miles at 13 knots
- 872 feet (1943) 888 feet (1956)
- 30+ knots
Admission to Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum includes access to three historic ships, the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, the destroyer USS Laffey, 28 historic aircraft, as well as the three-acre Vietnam Experience, and more. Discover it all here! General admission includes ALL exhibits: USS YORKTOWN Aircraft Carrier. USS LAFFEY Destroyer.
Open now. 9:00 AM - 6:30 PM. Write a review. About. The history of Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum began in June 1975 when the legendary aircraft carrier USS Yorktown entered Charleston Harbor. A few months later, the USS Yorktown was dedicated as the first ship of the Naval & Maritime Museum on the 200th birthday of the United States Navy.
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Coordinates. 32°47′25″N 79°54′30″W / . 32.790377°N 79.90821°W. / 32.790377; -79.90821. Type. Naval museum. Website. www .patriotspoint .org. Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum is a naval museum located in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, at the mouth of the Cooper River on the Charleston Harbor, across from Charleston .
May 13, 2024 · After conversion into an anti-submarine aircraft carrier, the USS Yorktown served in the Vietnam War. In 1970, the USS Yorktown was decommissioned and five years later, sailed to Charleston to become the main attraction of the newly created Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum.
Patriots Point Development Authority was established in the 1970s to develop a naval and maritime museum on Charleston Harbor with the World War II aircraft carrier, USS Yorktown as its centerpiece. It is the home to the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum and a fleet of National Historic Landmark ships, the Cold War Memorial and the only ...
