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Have questions about the program or ready to book? Reach our Operation Overnight team at (843) 881-5936. For email inquiries, contact us at operation.overnight@patriotspoint.org . Book Your Overnight...
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Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum serves as a national destination of excellence for the preservation and education of current and future generations about America’s history, traditions and...
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See how our naval aviation force has evolved, as you learn about the technological advances and heroic achievements that captured in our historic aircraft collection.
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Note: Tickets for this event open up to the public Thursday, April 9, 2026. Celebrate Independence Day, America's birthday and the road to America 250 at the Most Patriotic Place in the Lowcountry...
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Admission to Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum includes access to our two historic ships, all of our historic aircraft, the Vietnam Experience, Medal of Honor Museum, and more. Special guided...
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Admission to Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum includes access to two historic ships, the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, the destroyer USS Laffey, 27 historic aircraft, as well as the three-acre...
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Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum safeguards and exhibits military artifacts, diaries, uniforms, photographs and documents from World War II through Vietnam-era. Contact Us
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The aircraft carriers of World War II were the floating cities of the United States Navy. Everything you could need to care for 3000 men was aboard and conveniently just minutes away from bunks and...
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Explore featured pieces from Patriots Point’s collection of over 37,000 artifacts and archival materials. From sailor art and sports equipment to firearms and flight gear, take a peek into an ever...
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One of the most exciting missions of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10) was the retrieval of the Apollo 8 capsule from her Pacific splashdown. Photographer’s mate, Daniel Bernath captured the recovery and...
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What would an aircraft carrier be without its aircraft? In partnership with the National Naval Aviation Museum, the U.S. Army Center for Military History, the National Museum of the Marine Corps, and...
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Few positions in the history of World War II have been as highlighted or as celebrated as the pilots who flew in some of the most consequential combat flights of all time. Still, these pilots were...
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Artist. Pilot. Devoted son. A gifted student at the Corcoran College of Art and Design, Gerald Hennesy was 20 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. A newspaper artist who played piano and...
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A winged skeleton and scythe soaring through the air serves as the fearsome mascot of the “Grim Reapers”. Established in 1942, the US Navy’s Fighting Squadron 10, the Grim Reapers, participated in...
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Elisha Terrill “Smokey” Stover was a World War II flying ace in the Yorktown’s “Fighting 5” Hellcat squadron. After successful missions Midway and Guadalcanal, he was sent by the US Navy to appear on...
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Comprised of African-American, Filipino, Chinese, and foreign national men, the Messman Branch of the US Navy emerged after World War I. In February 1943, the name changed to the Steward Branch with...
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A US Naval aviator during World War II, James B. Cain shot down eight enemy aircraft in combat as a Flying Ace. Cain received the Silver Star for “gallantry in action” as a member of Fighting Squadron...