USS Midway (CV-41)
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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.
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.
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 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.
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.
"A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for".
Grace Murray Hopper
The USS Constellation was built in 1854 and is the last remaining ship of the Civil War. Baltimore Harbor is now its home. This is a three image panorama of the ship as it sits in front of the World Trade Center building. This is not an HDR but I did use a circular polarizing filter.
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.
Underway as Naval Academy Annapolis, practice ship with all sails set, probably after being renamed USS Severn in 1905.
A floating aviation museum in the Hudson River at W46th Street in New York City. That's an A-12 hanging over the edge.
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)
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.
Guided missile cruiser USS Little Rock at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park on Tuesday, July 15th, 2014.
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 guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG-71) prepares to refuel with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189). Ross is deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility as part of the Nassau Strike Group. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Ryan Steinhour www.navy.com
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.