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August 06, 2005
Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum
We spent the afternoon exploring the museum right next to the marina. This photo is Chis standing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown. She was commissioned on April 15, 1943 and participated in the Pacific offensive that began in 1943 and ended with the defeat of Japan in 1945. She is 888-feet long and displaces 27,100 tons. As an antisubmarine carrier, she served in the Vietnam War and retrieved the Apollo 8 astronauts in 1968. She was decommissioned in 1968.
Posted by dave at August 6, 2005 07:56 PM