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[/caption] The Town of Mount Pleasant Recreation Department and Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum’s Institute of History and Science are partnering to host an exciting new day camp for local...
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On 13 December 1960 an A-3J Vigilante crewed by naval aviator Commander Leroy Heath and bombardier-navigator Lieutenant Henry Monroe ascended to an altitude of 91,450.8 feet with a payload of 1,000...
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[/caption] The McDonnell F-4 Phantom (eventually became McDonnell-Douglas and then bought by Boeing) was a tandem-seat fighter-bomber designed to fill the U.S. Navy's fleet defense fighter role. The...
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[/caption] On 19 December 1962, an E-2A Hawkeye, flown by naval aviator Lieutenant Commander Lee Ramsey was catapulted from the flightdeck of the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) during the first at sea test...
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On 03 January 1944, Commander Frank Erickson, United States Coast Guard, flew his Sikorsky HNS-1 Hoverfly helicopter in history's first mercy flight. After an explosion sank the destroyer USS Turner...
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We will be taking a look at a few old Laffey posts as we near her successful return to Patriots Point the week of 22-27 January 2012. Today we'll look at the post of Laffey's departure 0n 19 August...
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As we prepare for Laffey's return in two weeks...lets take a look back at Laffey's visit and repair work at Deteyen's Shipyard back in 2009. Below are images of Laffey being worked on in drydock...
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[/caption] Patriots Point volunteer Ernest "Larry" Melin recently celebrated his 90th birthday onboard USS Yorktown. Officially, our oldest living volunteer, Larry served in the Army Air Corp from...
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[/caption] True to her wartime name, “The Ship That Would Not Die,” the famous World War II destroyer Laffey will return to life as a museum ship sometime during the week of January 22-27 th. The...
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The morning was cool, crisp and clear, perfect for bringing the famous warship home. Welcome home Laffey, we are excited to have her back where she belongs and now preparations will begin to get her open for the public once again. Stay tuned for updates and the opening celebration we plan to hold!
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[/caption] Power workers are busy working on restoring electrical power to the ship and we are busy getting ready to open back up to the public. It will be a little longer to prep Laffey for visitors...
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Have you ever wondered what it was like to be involved in something greater than one's self? Have you ever wanted to climb into a Navy cockpit and imagine being a Naval Aviator and flying at Top Gun...
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On 23 February 1955 Douglas Test Pilot R. O. Rahn piloted his F4D Skyray to an altitude of 10,000 feet in 56 seconds. This was the fourth unofficial Navy climb record set in less than a month! The...
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This professional headshot shows Rear Admiral Frederick Julian Becton in his dress blue uniform.
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A navy blue, double-breasted US Navy service dress blue jacket with six, 35-line buttons, and the gold sleeve insignia denoting a Rear Admiral. Five rows of sewn-on ribbon bars are on the left breast...
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While on display in Tacoma, Washington, Captain Becton and his men were photographed inspecting the damage inflicted by the kamikaze attack off of Okinawa.
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Captain Becton stands in a hole caused by damaged received from kamikaze attacks off of Okinawa. Above Becton is one of the USS Laffey's torpedo launchers.
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A color photograph of Captain Becton smiling while in his dress uniform.
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An awards ceremony that took place on January 14, 1946. Included in this image are Morton Deyo, Benedick Sammes, Robert Carney, William Parnell, H. Struve Hansel, George Hussey, James Forrestal...
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The first ever reunion for the crew of the USS Laffey (DD-724) was held at the naval base in Norfolk, Virginia in 1966.