A visit to Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum is more than just an opportunity to explore historic ships including the USS YORKTOWN, USS LAFFEY and USS CLAMAGORE; it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet and walk in the footsteps of heroes who served. Rev. Harold Syfrett is an example of one such hero. Syfrett grew [...]

Are the spirits of past heroes still on duty aboard the USS YORKTOWN? Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, the USS YORKTOWN (CV-10) Association and the Charleston Attraction Group are teaming up to offer a special tour that will allow visitors to investigate stories of sacrifice, heroism and the unexplained. Visitors are invited to climb [...]

For the second year in a row, the “Fighting Lady” is joining the fight against breast cancer.  In observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, lights on the flight deck of the USS YORKTOWN will turn the ship pink every evening throughout the month of October. Aside from non-melanoma skin cancer, breast cancer is the most [...]

With an estimated annual economic impact of $50 million, including nearly $18 million in employee income (source: 2011-2012 Patriots Point Intercept Survey Report, College of Charleston Office of Tourism Analysis), Patriots Point Development Authority (PPDA) is a critical cog in the hospitality industry in the Lowcountry. The agency closed the FY12 ‘books’ on June 30, [...]

Back by popular demand, the Patriots Point Institute of History, Science and Technology is offering Homeschool Days aboard the USS Yorktown from 10 a.m. – noon on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. The cost of the program is $10/student and registration is limited to 200 participants per session. Due to high demand for this [...]

Through a unique partnership with the College of Charleston’s Lowcountry Digital Library, the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation has awarded the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum Foundation $20,000 to digitize weekly newsletters from the Charleston Naval Shipyard dating back to 1942. The grant provides funds for a skilled professional at the Lowcountry Digital Library [...]

In recognition of their outstanding service to the community – and in commemoration of the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks – Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum is offering special extended hours and free admission for first responders and their immediate families on Sunday, September 9. The museum will remain open from 9 a.m. [...]

Megan Kalmoe and Adrienne Martelli, two members of the 2012 Bronze Medal winning Women’s Quadruple Sculls rowing team, visited Patriots Point on Sunday, August 19.  The Bronze medalists were given a tour of the Yorktown, Medal of Honor Museum and the Clamagore by volunteer Sid Busch.  

Patriots Point Development Authority (PPDA) announced in August that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Congressional Medal of Honor Society to develop a permanent landside location for the National Medal of Honor Museum on Charleston Harbor. The endeavor – arguably the most significant decision to come from Patriots Point in decades – [...]