Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum is located in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, at the mouth of the Cooper River on the Charleston Harbor, across from Charleston.
Museum ships and exhibits
Patriots Point is home to three museum ships:
- USSÂ Yorktown, an aircraft carrier
- USSÂ Laffey, a destroyer
- USSÂ Clamagore, a submarine
Former ships include the Coast Guard cutters USCGCÂ Ingham, and USCGCÂ Comanche, The museum hosted NS Savannah, America's only nuclear merchant vessel, until 1994.
Yorktown has many exhibits on board, including:
- Medal of Honor museum, with biographies of all medal recipients
- 28 naval aircraft, including:
- Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
- Grumman A-6 Intruder
- Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II
- McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
- Grumman F-9 Cougar
- Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Exhibits ashore include:
- Civil War-era cannon
- Vietnam War-era:
- US Navy Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter
- USMC Bell AH-1 Sea Cobra helicopter
- PBR-105 river patrol boat
- Naval Support Camp
1975 â€" Present
Patriots Point has continued to grow; serving as an embarkation point for Fort Sumter tour boats, being home to several other vessels (including the submarine USSÂ Clamagore), the Cold War Submarine Memorial, a replica of a Vietnam Support Base, and the museum of the Medal of Honor Society. Patriots Point celebrated their 10 millionth visitor in February 2017.
On 2 September 2003, Yorktown served as the backdrop for the formal announcement of Senator John Kerry's candidacy as he sought, and ultimately won, the Democratic nomination for President of the United States for the 2004 election.
Patriot's Point also hosts celebrations on patriotic holidays, with military reenactments and weapons demonstrations.
See also
Media related to Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum at Wikimedia Commons
- List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
External links
- Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum
- Congressional Medal of Honor Museum
- USS Yorktown CV10 Association
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