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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.
This was taken last month on a dive trip to Grand Cayman. The Kiitiwake is a former U.S. Navy submarine rescue ship in service from 1946 to 1994. It was intentionally sunk in 2011 as an artificial reef and is a magnet for scuba divers, sitting in only 65' of sea water.
As I lay on my back in the sand to take this photo, that's my wife inspecting the Kittiwake's hull.
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.
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.
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.
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 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)
Ordered by the US Navy on 14 June, 1943, USS Salem (CA 139) was laid down on 4 July, 1945 at the Bethlehem Steel Company's Quincy Yard in Quincy, MA and launched on 25 March, 1947. She was commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 14 May, 1949.
USS Salem served a distinguished 10 year career as flagship of the US Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean and the Second Fleet in the Atlantic. During her career she served as host to such notables as the US Ambassador to Spain, John D. Lodge; the Honorable Thomas S. Gates, Undersecretary of the Navy; Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN, Chief of Naval Operations; the Shah of Iran; the President of Lebanon and the King and Queen of Greece.
Although Salem never fired her mighty guns in anger, her very presence served as a stimulus for peace during those troubled times that came to be called the Cold War. She served as a Lady of Diplomacy, rather than as a means of exerting brute force.
Imagine a small city placed in "mothballs", stored for 35 years, and then reopened and restored to it's former glory.
When USS Salem was decommissioned on 30 January, 1959 and joined the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Dwight D. Eisenhower was president of the United States and everyone was watching I Love Lucy on their new television.
In October of 1994, Salem once again made her way north to her birthplace in Quincy, where she is now the centerpiece of the United States Naval and Shipbuilding Museum. Bill Clinton was president of the United States, people were watching Murphy Brown and Beverly Hills: 90210 on their big-screen TV's and "surfing the net". Now "crewed" by a staff of museum professionals and enthusiastic volunteers, she is being restored to her full glory.
On 14 May, 1995 - 46 years to the day since her original commissioning - Salem was re-commissioned - this time as a member of the Historic Naval Ships Association. She now serves her country once again with her new mission of teaching people of all generations our nation's rich history of shipbuilding and naval duty.
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
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!