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I saw this model of this huge battleship while touring the Carrier, USS Lexington, in Corpus Christi, Texas. This ship has an amazing battle record. The american Navy no longer uses these ocean monsters. I believe the last time one was ever used was off the coast of Vietnam. They look awesome pulling into port. Here's a link where you can find out more info: www.militaryfactory.com/ships/detail.asp?ship_id=USS-Sout...
The USS Midway Museum is a historical naval aircraft carrier museum located in downtown San Diego, California at Navy Pier. The museum consists of the aircraft carrier Midway. The ship houses an extensive collection of aircraft, many of which were built in Southern Californi
The USS Midway was the United States' longest-serving aircraft carrier of the 20th century, from 1945 to 1992. Approximately 200,000 sailors served aboard the carrier, known for several naval aviation breakthroughs as well as several humanitarian missions. It was the only carrier to serve the entire length of the Cold War and beyond. It is currently a museum ship in San Diego, California.
Midway opened as a museum on 7 June 2004. By 2012 annual visitation exceeded 1 million visitors. As of 2015 Midway is the most popular naval warship museum in the United States.The museum has over 13,000 members, and hosts more than 700 events a year, including more than 400 active-duty Navy retirements, re-enlistments, and changes of command. The museum also hosts approximately 50,000 students on field trips and 5,000 children in its overnight program annually.
Admission includes a self-guided audio tour, narrated by former Midway sailors to more than 60 locations, including sleeping quarters, engine room, galley, bridge, brig, post office, foc's'le, pilots' ready rooms, officers quarters, primary flight control, and "officers country". Other features include climb-aboard aircraft and cockpits, videos, flight simulators, and a narrated audio tour for youngsters.
In addition to private events, the museum has hosted several events, including a nationally broadcast NCAA basketball game between San Diego State University and Syracuse University in 2012. American Idol has filmed an episode on Midway, as have the Travel Channel, Discovery Channel, FOX News, The Bachelor, Extreme Makeover, History Channel, and Military Channel.
Membership has grown to more than 25,000. A high definition, holographic movie theater, "The Battle of Midway Theater", was added in 2017, and in 2019 the museum is adding a virtual reality flight simulator ride in addition to its existing four flight simulators.
The USS Midway Museum is a historical naval aircraft carrier museum located in downtown San Diego, California at Navy Pier. The museum consists of the aircraft carrier Midway. The ship houses an extensive collection of aircraft, many of which were built in Southern Californi
The USS Midway was the United States' longest-serving aircraft carrier of the 20th century, from 1945 to 1992. Approximately 200,000 sailors served aboard the carrier, known for several naval aviation breakthroughs as well as several humanitarian missions. It was the only carrier to serve the entire length of the Cold War and beyond. It is currently a museum ship in San Diego, California.
Midway opened as a museum on 7 June 2004. By 2012 annual visitation exceeded 1 million visitors. As of 2015 Midway is the most popular naval warship museum in the United States.The museum has over 13,000 members, and hosts more than 700 events a year, including more than 400 active-duty Navy retirements, re-enlistments, and changes of command. The museum also hosts approximately 50,000 students on field trips and 5,000 children in its overnight program annually.
Admission includes a self-guided audio tour, narrated by former Midway sailors to more than 60 locations, including sleeping quarters, engine room, galley, bridge, brig, post office, foc's'le, pilots' ready rooms, officers quarters, primary flight control, and "officers country". Other features include climb-aboard aircraft and cockpits, videos, flight simulators, and a narrated audio tour for youngsters.
In addition to private events, the museum has hosted several events, including a nationally broadcast NCAA basketball game between San Diego State University and Syracuse University in 2012. American Idol has filmed an episode on Midway, as have the Travel Channel, Discovery Channel, FOX News, The Bachelor, Extreme Makeover, History Channel, and Military Channel.
Membership has grown to more than 25,000. A high definition, holographic movie theater, "The Battle of Midway Theater", was added in 2017, and in 2019 the museum is adding a virtual reality flight simulator ride in addition to its existing four flight simulators.
A more complete view of the imposing USS Wisconsin, now permanently moored in downtown Norfolk,VA. The battleship,built in 1938,saw action for the last time in 1991 during the Gulf War. It launched 18 cruise missiles and its 16" guns shelled Iraqi targets for the last time. It was retired as a cost cutting measure along with the USS Iowa and others of their era. The cost to modernize them was deemed too high.The old battleship was actually on standby till 2010,when it was decommissioned for the last time and ownership was transferred to the city. A great nautical museum sits next to the storied ship making for a great experience....
The USS San Diego (LPD22) homeport at Naval Base San Diego, Ca. The amphibious transport dock class ship is equipped with advanced technology and will assist in the transportation and support of Marine landing forces.
The contract to build Mariano G. Vallejo was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard at Vallejo, California, on 8 August 1963 and her keel was laid down there on 7 July 1964. She was launched on 23 October 1965, sponsored by Miss Patricia Oliver Vallejo McGettigan, great-great- granddaughter of Mariano Vallejo[1], and commissioned on 16 December 1966.
On 21 March 1967, she headed for her assigned home port, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Arriving there on 10 April 1967, becoming, as of 1 August 1967, a fully operational unit of Submarine Squadron 15, ready to conduct strategic deterrent patrols.
A museum in and of itself, aircraft carrier Intrepid was used during World War II and the Vietnam war. It houses many aircraft used during these periods.
Also on display (located in an exposition built on top of the flight deck) is Space Shuttle Enterprise, first of its kind and one of four that still exist, that acted as a prototype for the shuttles that did actually perform missions in space.
Other interesting vehicles include a Concorde, an A-12 Blackbird (which you can see on the upper right of the ship) and of course guided missile submarine Growler, which you can actually enter to look around!
Very much worth the visit, on the west side of Manhattan, NYC.
There was a visible sunrise in Baltimore today but it only lasted about 15 minutes and I caught it from the upper deck of the Light Street Pavilion overlooking the USS Constellation at the Inner Harbor.
USS Goldsmith, NCC-1979, Overture class starship.
Designed and built for exploration with a specialisation in first contact missions, the crew of the USS Goldsmith opened negotiations with several new civilisations that went on to become members of the Federation.
Had amazing dive today with Richard from English Empire Divers in Chatan, Okinawa. We drove for an hour north to Kouri Island, where we caught a local boat for the ten minute ride out the ship. Resting in 45m it is an amazing dive as you can see.
If you are planning a trip to Okinawa, and are qualified for deep diving, I recommend diving with Richard as he will really look after you. You can visit his webpage below.
Museum Ship USS Midway at San Diego waterfront opened as such in 2004. Originally built in only 17 months and commissioned one week after the end of WWII. Modernised in 1955 & again in 1970 from 45,000 ton displacement in 1945 to 64,000 tons on decommission in 1992. Participated in Vietnam conflict (twice) and the Gulf War 1991 and to date is the largest aircraft carrier open to the public.
USS Pampanito, a Balao-class submarine, was a United States Navy ship, the third one named for the pompano fish. She completed six war patrols from 1944 to 1945 and served as a Naval Reserve Training ship from 1960 to 1971.
USS Orleck (DD-886), is a Gearing-class destroyer that was in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1982. In October 1982 she was sold to Turkey and renamed Yücetepe (D 345). After her final decommissioning the Turkish government transferred Yücetepe to the Southeast Texas War Memorial and Heritage Foundation at Orange, Texas, where she was berthed as a museum ship. The Orleck Foundation then decided to move the ship to the Calcasieu River in Lake Charles, Louisiana. On 26 March 2022, she arrived in Jacksonville, FL, where she now resides as a museum ship.
Full-size replica of USS Monitor
Source: Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia
The first ironclad warship commissioned by the US Union Navy during the American Civil War. Built in only 101 days and launched on Jan. 30, 1862 with a design of revolving turret, enabled to fire nearly 360 degrees with 2 cannons inside.
Played a central role in the Battle of Hampton Roads to fight against the CSS Virginia, Confederate ironclad warship on Mar. 9, 1862.
Sank at sea with 16 men on stormy, Dec. 31, 1862. Discovered in 1973, the wreck site was designated the first National Marine Sanctuary in 1975.
Gun turret, cast iron propeller, and more than 250 artifacts have been recovered.
The first event of the day gets underway with a mass launch from the USS Theodore Roosevelt. A Tomcat is already hooked up on one of the catapults, while other aircraft queue or crew in. This image shows three types that no longer exist on the US Navy's inventory. 19/01/2006.
The USS Edson is one of two surviving Forrest Sherman class destroyers now continuing life as museum ships. Commissioned in 1958 and decommissioned 30 years later in 1988 she spent time at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York before coming to Bay City, Michigan in 2012. 1/3/2022
Sunken Bow of the USS Emmons in Okinawa. You can see the hole where one of the kamikaze planes hit. This part of the wreck is in 45m of water.
USS Hartford photographed in 1905. My colorization of an image in the Library of Congress archive.
"USS Hartford, a sloop-of-war, steamer, was the first ship of the United States Navy named for Hartford, the capital of Connecticut. Hartford served in several prominent campaigns in the American Civil War as the flagship of David G. Farragut, most notably the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864. She survived until 1956, when she sank awaiting restoration at Norfolk, Virginia."
(Wikipedia)
Underway as Naval Academy Annapolis, practice ship with all sails set, probably after being renamed USS Severn in 1905.
The USS Ronald Reagan sailed into the Santa Barbara, CA harbor this week. Santa Barbara is the adopted port for this beautiful ship, since it was the adopted home of the former president.
This event is a huge event for Santa Barbara. The ship had been on "float" for quite some time, and the naval personnel hadn't seen their loved ones for a while. This was the first time many got to see their family and friends for a long time. So, there were families from all over the US, here to welcome their sailors home.
Welcome to Santa Barbara!
USS Massachusetts (BB-59), known as "Big Mamie" to her crewmembers during World War II, was a battleship of the second South Dakota class. She was the seventh ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the sixth state, and one of two ships of her class (along with her sister Alabama) to be donated for use as a museum ship. Massachusetts has the distinction of having fired the US Navy's first and last 16-in (406 mm) shells of the war.[3]
from Wikipedia- USS Plainview (AGEH–1) was, in its time, the world's largest hydrofoil and the United States Navy's first hydrofoil research ship. Launched 28 June 1965 decommissioned 22 September 1978. The Plainview was sold for scrap, was partially broken up and then abandoned on the Columbia river where she remains.
USS Wisconsin (BB-64) is an Iowa-class battleship, the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of Wisconsin
USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor
The USS Arizona Memorial, located at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors killed on the USS Arizona during the Attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 by Japanese imperial forces and commemorates the events of that day. The attack on Pearl Harbor and the island of Oʻahu was the action that led to United States involvement in World War II.
The memorial, dedicated in 1962 is visited by more than one million people annually, spans the sunken hull of the battleship without touching it. Historical information about the attack, boat access to the memorial, and general visitor services are available at the associated USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center, opened in 1980 and operated by the National Park Service. The sunken remains of the battleship were declared a National Historic Landmark on 5 May 1989.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Arizona_Memorial
USS Arizona (BB-39) was a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy and the first to be named "Arizona". On March 4, 1913, Congress authorized the construction of Arizona, named to honor the 48th state's admission into the union on 14 February 1912. The ship was the second and last of the Pennsylvania class of "super-dreadnought" battleships. Her keel was laid at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on 16 March 1914. She was launched on 19 June 1915, sponsored by Esther Ross, the daughter of a prominent Arizona pioneer, W.W. Ross of Prescott, Arizona. The ship's remaining machinery, including new Parson turbines, was installed, and she was commissioned at her builder's yard on 17 October 1916, with Captain John D. McDonald in command.
Arizona served stateside during World War I. She is most remembered because of her sinking, with the loss of 1,177 lives, during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, the event that goaded the US into World War II. Unlike most of the other ships sunk or damaged that day, the Arizona could not be salvaged, although the U.S. Navy removed several elements of the ship that were reused. The wreck still lies at the bottom of Pearl Harbor and was established as a memorial to all those who died during the Pearl Harbor attack.
USS Hornet, a floating museum! The ship served to pick up the astronauts in Apollo missions 11 and 12. Alameda, California. uss-hornet.org/
APRA HARBOR, Guam (Aug. 23, 2011) - The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transits Apra Harbor, Guam, after a scheduled port visit. Ronald Reagan is underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by MC3 Shawn J. Stewart)
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