News & Events
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First Navy Flight Gear Issue, 1917
Posted: Apr 06, 2011The United States Navy standardized the issuance of flight gear when the Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels, approved a recommendation of the Board on Flying Equipment on standard flight […]
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Mount Pleasant Almost Starts "The War"
Posted: Apr 05, 2011In April 1861, war clouds gathered over Charleston Harbor as Major Robert Anderson, commanding the United States garrison at Fort Sumter, waited to be resupplied or evacuated. Charleston Harbor had […]
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Father Of Naval Aviation Killed In Crash Of The Akron, 04 April 1933
Posted: Apr 04, 2011The Father of Naval Aviation, Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, boarded USS Akron on the evening of 03 April 1933 along with his aide, Commander Henry Cecil, the commanding officer […]
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Aircraft Carrier March Madness
Posted: Apr 03, 2011U. S. Naval Air Forces Facebook page has been running a fun matchup of current and historic aircraft carriers and the competition has entered into the Regional Finals from 01-04 […]
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Video Thursday 3.31.11 Flying Americans
Posted: Mar 31, 2011It’s Video Thursday and we’ll be flying through the wild blue yonder via Air Force, Navy and Lockheed-Martin. We begin with an Air Force clip incorporating an old patriotic favorite […]
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Mount Pleasant's Confederate Harbor Batteries: The Sounds Of War Reverberate Again, April 9-14
Posted: Mar 30, 2011When the cannons begin booming at Patriots Point during its planned “Day One: April 1861” events in April commemorating the sesquicentennial of America’s bloodiest war, the sounds will elicit memories […]
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"Lost Heroes Art Quilt" At Patriots Point, 29 March – 03 April
Posted: Mar 29, 2011The “Lost Heroes Art Quilt” created by artist Julie Feingold in 2009, represents an homage to the fallen heroes in the Iraq and Afghanistan War on Terrorism since September 11, […]
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CXAM Radar On Yorktown CV-5 Leads To IFF And CIC
Posted: Mar 28, 2011Following successful tests of the XAF radar, the Navy contracted with RCA (Radio Corporation of America) to build six more radars and they would be placed on one aircraft carrier […]
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National Medal of Honor Day
Posted: Mar 25, 2011In recognition of National Medal of Honor Day, Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum joins the people of South Carolina and Americans across the country in celebrating the achievements […]
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Video Thursday 3.24.11 American Tomcats, Russian Sukhoi and French Super Entendard!
Posted: Mar 24, 2011This is the Centennial Year of Naval Aviation in the United States, and naval aviators have been flying onto (traps) and launching (cats) from ships for over 100 years. It […]