USS Yorktown Charleston

... 9.25 rating and was by far the best restaurant thus far. We then traveled to Patriots Point; resting place of the USS Yorktown (air craft carrier) , the SS Taffey (destroyer), a submarine and coast guard cutter . All these ships have ...

... dreaded bridge (which is wider going north than it is headed south) for Patriots Point. Housed at Patriot's Point is the USS Yorktown, an aircraft carrier; the submarine Clamagore; the Ingham, a Coast Guard Cutter; the destroyer Laffey; and a Vietnam ...

... dont see them very often in the US! We headed over to Patriot's Point to enjoy the views & take a look at USS Yorktown - quite impressive! That afternoon we headed to Caw Caw State Park - a swamp effectively! Fortunately, the aligators are still ...

... we went through the town of Charlston, South Carolina we came across a very big aircraft carrier called the USS Yorktown. Yorktown itself is a battlefield from the War of Independence where England was fighting against the English colonists who were fed ...

... set up before there was a tremendous thunderstorm. Yesterday we visited Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, located on the USS Yorktown.  It was very interesting for us both to compare the 1960s US aircraft carrier with 1960's UK aircraft ...

... Nature dealt us forced me to change plans. I decided that this morning we would visit the USS Yorktown aircraft carrier, which is now permanently docked in Charleston and serves as a naval museum, and Michelle chose Magnolia Plantation, a 300-year-old ...

... aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, the destroyer USS Laffey, the submarine Clamagore and the Coast Guard cutter Ingham are moored.  The United States Navy and Air Force have major bases here.  There is a constant drone of military aircraft as they ...

... on the grounds and then buried at sea just off the point.   Out from the wharf we can see the USS Yorktown, a retired aircraft carrier. There are a number of these stately old homes that are on the market, and can be picked up for ...

The USS Yorktown (1943) was passed going to our berth.   And of course this is the location of Fort Sumter, and the lesser known Fort Moultrie across from it guarding the harbor.  We were able to sail by and make some reasonably good ...

Our morning began with a tour of the USS Yorktown battleship,nicknamed "Fighting Lady", which fought in WWII. This was also the ship that retrieved Apollo 8 crew in 1968. The flight deck housed an F-8 Hornet and F-1 Tomcat, HS-4 and HS-6 helicopters ...