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On 15 March 1934, Dr. Hoyt Taylor, head of the radio division at Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) , put into motion a project to develop pulse radar for the detection of ships and aircraft. Pulse radar...
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Any guesses on what was the first color chosen by the Navy bureaucracy for a tactical paint scheme? Of course it was Navy gray! On 15 March 1918, the Bureau of Construction and Repair directed that...
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It's Video Thursday and tomorrow is Christmas Eve! Enjoy these holiday videos and Merry Christmas to one and all! Our first video to remind you that NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command - a...
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Today marks the 42nd anniversary of the recovery of the Apollo 8 crew by the USS Yorktown in 1968, read the story here... Also today, Patriots Point announces a FREE Admission Weekend on 8-9 January...
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[/caption] Everyone is invited to Patriots Point's "FREE Admission" weekend to kickoff the Centennial Anniversary of Naval Aviation (1911-2011). Come aboard and visit our ships, the Medal of Honor...
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The Naval Academy Women's Glee Club first pitched a tune in 1976, when the Naval Academy opened for women midshipmen. The current director is Ms. Cindy Bauchspies and the ladies perform a diverse...
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Welcome to Video Thursday! Since this year is the Centennial Year of Naval Aviation, today we'll look at some old Naval Aviation technology aka aircraft and some new ones! Ride 'em cowboy! Check out...
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As a young boy boating around Charleston Harbor in the 1960's, I had to be careful to watch for the wakes of departing and returning Polaris missile submarines, called by the Navy... Fleet Ballistic...
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels touring the Brooklyn Naval Yard with inventor Thomas Edison, 10 October 1914 (© Bettmann/CORBIS)."]...
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The first launch and recovery of a naval aircraft on the USS Saratoga (CV-3) was made by her Air Officer, Commander Marc A. Mitscher flying a Vought UO-1 aircraft on this date in 1928. Mitscher would...
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It's Video Thursday! Our first video is what you can see every weekend on the USS Yorktown at Patriots Point...lots and lots of scouts...watch scouts from Pack 175 having a blast. [youtube:http://www...
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[/caption] On 18 January 1911, an American, Eugene Ely, successfully landed an aeroplane aboard the USS Pennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay. On this brisk January morning, at 11 AM Ely took off...
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It's Video Thursday and if you haven't read or seen the news today, Patriots Point is going to try to interest the Boeing Company in joining us here on Charleston Harbor. The Boeing Company has long...
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[/caption] Patriots Point Foundation this week accepted a $15,000 donation from Mike and Mary Sudzina to provide scholarships for disadvantaged students, thereby allowing them to participate in...
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On 24 January 1959, two A-4D Skyhawks flew from El Toro, California, to Cherry Point, North Carolina (2,082 miles) in 4 hours and 25 minutes. The pilots of the two jets were Marine Corps naval...
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Where are our carriers? Long a question asked by our Presidents during times of crisis. Today we have eleven aircraft carrier battle groups and today around the world five are deployed. They are: USS...
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Today one hundred years ago, Glenn Curtiss made the first successful seaplane or as known then, hydroaeroplane, at North Island, San Diego, California. Navy Lieutenant T. G. Ellyson was a witness and...
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[/caption] ZR-3, USS Los Angeles, was a zeppelin built in Germany for the United States Navy as part of a reparations payment. She was our longest-serving airship from 1924-1939. Her landing onboard...
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[/caption] I was a young Navy Lieutenant on this date in 1986 and was performing my watch standing duty as Squadron Duty Officer (SDO). I was just completing my briefing on squadron events that day to...