PATRIOTS POINT

Thursday, Nov. 20, took a trip to Patriots Point Maritime Museum at Mt. Pleasant. It has a lot of Naval history to look at; including the USS Yorktown aircraft carrier. The original Yorktown was sunk at the battle of Midway in WWII, this was the 2nd Yorktown which saw service towards the end of WWII and the Vietnam War. It also was involved in the recovery of the Apollo 8 Command Module.

USS Yorktown (CV/CVS-10) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, and is now a museum ship at Patriot's Point , Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
She was laid down on 1 December 1941 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. as Bon Homme Richard, renamed Yorktown on 26 September 1942 to commemorate Yorktown (CV-5), lost at the Battle of Midway. The new Yorktown was launched on 21 January 1943, sponsored by Eleanor Roosevelt, and commissioned on 15 April 1943 at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Captain Joseph J. Clark in command.

Another view from the parking lot.

Looking at the bridge from flight deck.

The captain's chair in the bridge.

The flight deck from the captain's chair.

Anti-Aircraft guns.

Side Anti-Aircraft guns.

Crews sleeping quarters.

A sub we could have walked through, but ran out of time.

A quote that moved me.

There was a Medal of Honor Museum there also.