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Friday, March 15, 2013

The USS Yorktown at Charleston, South Carolina


The USS Yorktown Aircraft Carrier at Patriots Point
 is a  floating museum for the US Navy.












The ship's superstructure
















An AWACS Aircraft & a 
helicopter at the bow
of the ship.








One of the ship's






Scrappy was the 
Yorktown's mascot.









The Pilots' Ready Room









Computers & Electronic Data
Processing Equipment Donated
by Nielsen Electrronics 
Institute, Charleston, SC











The Ship's Armory

There are many exhibits showing the history of the Navy from Black Sailors' contributions
to Women in the Navy to the Space Program.  I chose one very special exhibit with our
son, Adam, in mind.


The USS Enterprise CV-6, known as The Big E
This ship was the most decorated in WW II.

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