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Our August volunteer profile is on Jim Morrow. Jim grew up in Spartanburg, SC, and joined the United States Marines after high school in 1942. He got on his bus to Parris Island on 07 December, 1942...
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The Grumman F-6F Hellcat was the United States Navy's primary fighter aircraft from mid 1943 till the end of the war. It achieved a combat kill ratio of 19-1. The first landing on the USS Yorktown was...
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Final preps are now underway to prepare Laffey and Ingham for towing. Laffey departs next Wednesday for the Detyen's shipyard drydock at the old Charleston Navy Base . Her future return will be...
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The USS Laffey is scheduled to depart the Patriots Point complex at 0715 tomorrow morning. Look for pictures and video of her departure in future posts this week.
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Former crew members, Patriots Point staff and the news media were on hand earlier this morning to watch the departure of USS Laffey to Detyen's Shipyard. Exactly at 0715, Laffey began to ease out of...
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Below are several pictures of the Laffey's arrival at Detyen's Shipyard. Read the Charleston News and Courier story here. Read the Moultrie News coverage here. See video here...
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Last Friday the FBI returned two stolen Civil War Medals of Honor to the Medal of Honor museum here at Patriots Point. Since there is still an ongoing investigation into the medals stolen from the...
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Laffey in floating drydock, AFDL-47, at Detyen's Shipyard in North Charleston, SC. She will be fitted for a new 3/8" bottom from bow to stern, five new bulkheads in the four machinery spaces, and new...
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Here are a few before and after images of Laffey and Ingham at Patriots Point. People are now wondering what the view will be on Laffey's return, read more in the Post and Courier story here...
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On last Saturday, 29 August, at approximately 2:45 PM, a lone brown pelican attempted to commandeer SS-343 Clamagore for purposes unknown. Brown pelicans are large birds with wingspans over 6 feet (up...
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As the sun came up on 02 September 1945, the USS Yorktown was steaming 30 miles east of Sagami Wan. The formal surrender ceremony was scheduled later in the morning on the USS Missouri. The ceremony...
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Do you remember where you were and what you were doing on the early morning of 11 September 2001? Everyone of age should never forget that day when our nation was attacked by a devilish and cowardly...
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Every weekend during our aviation merit badge class, we have a portion dedicated to a little competitive spirit among the scouts in seeing if any have what it takes to win the "Top Gun" patch I wear...
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I first met volunteer Larry Moran in the fall of 1996 as he manned the information desk on the hangar deck of Yorktown. Larry was among the second wave of volunteers put together by Don Ziglar and is...
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This morning at 8:46, the time of the first aircraft hitting the North Tower of the World Trade Center, a color guard of Mount Pleasant firemen and contingent of Moultie Middle School 8th graders...
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Below are images of Laffey being worked on in drydock... see more on our Flickr site...
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The "holy" hull plates are being removed and new plate placed on Laffey to restore her watertight integrity. See images below for a visual update on the Laffey's restorations...
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The Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center Welcome Home 2009 event for Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans will be held aboard the USS Yorktown at Patriots Point Naval and...
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[/caption] Gemini VIII (8) with astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Young made an emergency splashdown in the Pacific Ocean 500 miles east of Okinawa on 16 March 1966 only 10 hours and 41 minutes...
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[/caption] When Irish eyes are smiling...watch this video of the Irish air demonstration team, the Silver Swallows, as we celebrate St. Patrick's Day... [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5DeD...