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USS Lexington, nicknamed "The Blue Ghost", is an Essex-class aircraft carrier built during World War II for the United States Navy. It's now a museum in Corpus Christi, Texas
Address: 2914 N Shoreline Blvd, Corpus Christi, TX 78402
Length: 873′
Construction started: July 15, 1941
Launched: September 23, 1942
I could have saved this for Slider Sunday but I plan on going to the Pecan Street Festival on Sunday and tomorrow I have an all day photo shoot at Samsung.
Our first cold front is blowing in Sunday evening. The temperature is suppose to drop to 80..;)That's 26.6 c
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.
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 North Carolina Observation Scout aircraft on deck and ready to launch, shot in North Carolina at Wilmington NC..
This is the USS Constellation that was built in 1854, not the frigate that preceded it nor the super aircraft carrier by the same name that came after it.
The USS Wisconsin (BB-64)
1939
July 6 Congress Authorized construction of USS WISCONSIN.
1941
January 25 Keel laid at Philadelphia Naval Yard.
1943
December 7 Launched at the Philadelphia Naval Yard under sponsorship of Mrs. Walter S. Goodland, wife of the Governor of Wisconsin
1944
April 16 Commissioned Philadelphia Naval Yard, Captain Earl E. Stone in command. July 7 Departed Norfolk, VA for shakedown cruise to Trinidad, British West Indies. September 24 WISCONSIN sailed for the West Coast, transited the Panama Canal. October 2 Reported to the Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet and dropped anchor at Ulithi, Caroline Islands.
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.
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.
Underway as Naval Academy Annapolis, practice ship with all sails set, probably after being renamed USS Severn in 1905.
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]
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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The U.S.S. Sulaco from ALIENS...
length: 137cm = 170studs
height: 39cm
wide: 19cm
instructions are available here:
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The USS Orleck is currently staged in the St Johns River in front of Hyatt Regency in Jacksonville, FL. The permanent naval museum location in Jacksonville is being prepared and it is estimated to be completed in June.
USS Boxer, LHD-4, a Wasp class Amphibious Assault Ship at San Francisco,
Photo taken during Fleetweek October 2002
Officers and crew at Chungking, (now chongqing) China, June 1935. Officers are L-R: Lieutenant Junior Grade B.A. Fuetsch, Lieutenant Junior Grade R.S. Baron, Lieutenant Commander T.G.W. Settle, and Lieutenant Junior Grade J.P. Wood MC.
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!