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Posts Tagged ‘Navy’
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Itinerary: Planning a Half Day Visit
Posted: Dec 19, 2019Planning your Charleston vacation? Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum is a day of adventure and discovery for the entire family. Here, you can find the stories of American bravery, […]
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Vietnam Veterans Day 2019
Posted: Apr 08, 2019On Vietnam Veterans Day, Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum honored all Vietnam veterans as well as two men who lost their lives in the last marine helicopter crash of […]
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Hundreds come aboard to meet a Yorktown veteran
Posted: Oct 18, 2017As part of the 69th USS Yorktown Association Reunion from October 12-14, 2017, association members hosted a “Meet & Greet” session onboard the USS Yorktown on Saturday, October 14. Hundreds […]
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Engine Room Exhibit brings USS Laffey to life
Posted: Feb 08, 2016The engine room on the USS Laffey has been closed to tours since early December, but has now reopened as an exciting, new Engine Room Experience. The new exhibit is […]
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Battle of Okinawa Memorial Held 70 Years After Kamikaze Attack on USS Laffey
Posted: Apr 21, 2015On Thursday, April 16, 2015, seven World War II veterans who served in the Okinawa campaign assembled on the fantail of the USS Yorktown overlooking the USS Laffey to remember […]
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Large audience comes to see Heroes of Iwo Jima: 70 Years Later
Posted: Mar 10, 2015Hundreds attended the Heroes of Iwo Jima Symposium onboard the USS Yorktown on Thursday, March 5, 2015 to hear a first-hand account from three veterans who served in that iconic […]
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Collins Engineers Release Structural Report On The USS YORKTOWN
Posted: Jan 16, 2015MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. – After more than 40 years of resting in the salty waters of Charleston Harbor, it has been determined that the USS Yorktown is in relatively great […]
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Nearly 500 Sailors Volunteer During Day of Caring at Patriots Point
Posted: Nov 19, 2014On Friday, November 14, nearly 500 sailors from the Navy Nuclear Power Training Unit (NPTU) came to Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum ready to roll up their sleeves and […]
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Taking a walk down memory lane, a former sailor retraces his steps after 60 years
Posted: Aug 07, 2014The sailors have been replaced by tourists, the bomb elevator replaced by one that now carries only families, but for Allan Eisenecker much of the USS YORKTOWN remains as it […]
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Patriots Point and the Legendary 1st Marine Division Pair for Unique Meet and Greet Opportunity
Posted: Aug 05, 2014The Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum will be partnering with 1st Marine Division Association during their 67th annual reunion to host a meet and greet event with Marines who […]