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Posts Tagged ‘Charleston Harbor’
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Patriots Point Restoring USS Yorktown Pri-Fly
Posted: Feb 13, 2020There are always exciting restoration projects going on here at Patriots Point. Our newest project is reopening and restoring the pri-fly in the superstructure on the flight deck of the […]
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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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Events This Week: April 15-19, 2019
Posted: Apr 19, 2019This week in April is home to historical dates that we must never forget here at Patriots Point. Important dates this week: On April 15th, the USS Yorktown (CV-10) was […]
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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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FREE Showing of “Life in A Jar” Play on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Posted: Mar 14, 2019On May 2nd, Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum will be hosting a FREE showing of “Life in A Jar” play on Holocaust Remembrance Day. The play is centered around […]
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USS Yorktown Foundation Awarded $25,000 in Second Cycle of American Airlines Grants to Train A Diverse Group of Future Aviators at Patriots Point
Posted: Feb 26, 2019The USS Yorktown Foundation is proud to receive a $25,000 grant from American Airlines to continue funding Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum’s newest Flight Academy program called “Take Flight […]
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5 Reasons to Visit Patriots Point this Fall
Posted: Oct 06, 2015Whether you’re a first-time visitor or an annual member, there are so many reasons to visit Patriots Point. Here are our top five for fall: 1. More History Bang for […]
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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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Patriots Point’s F-4J Phantom
Posted: Dec 15, 2011The McDonnell F-4 Phantom (eventually became McDonnell-Douglas and then bought by Boeing) was a tandem-seat fighter-bomber designed to fill the U.S. Navy’s fleet defense fighter role. The advent of Soviet […]
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Carolina's First Ship With Colonists: Adventure
Posted: Aug 31, 2011Lots of sights can be seen from the flight deck of Yorktown at Patriots Point…dolphins, manatees, alligators, C-17’s, Blue Angels, the Hunley…but today a replica of the proprietary colony of […]