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  3. South Carolina Trip 2005

Patriots Point Naval Museum

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Anti-Aircraft gun. These where mounted on various ships in singles, doubles and quads. Each barrel is capable of about one rou
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Anti-Aircraft gun. These where mounted on various ships in singles, doubles and quads. Each barrel is capable of about one rou

  • Anti-Aircraft gun. These where mounted on various ships in singles, doubles and quads. Each barrel is capable of about one rou
  • They have a vietnam era camp reconstructed here, I ran out of time and didn't get to go through it.
  • The Yorktown from the entrance gate to the museum area.
  • Saltwater swamps, so strange to somebody like me from the northwest.
  • In the background that's Charleston's new Cooper River Bridge. great web site about it here: <a href="http://monitor.admin.musc.edu/~cf">http://monitor.admin.musc.edu/~cf</a>
  • Hmm, I don't think those heat exchangers are original equipment.
  • The Yorktown's port side, as seen from a boat out on the harbor.
  • The port stern of the Yorktown.
  • The starboard stern of the Yorktown.
  • Inside the hanger deck of the Yorktown. Wow is it big!
  • These chippers where remote controlled for dropping torpedos, but then they converted soem to carry a man. Piston driven and ki
  • On the tour of the yorktown you see pretty much everything, and go down lots of hatches like this one.
  • There is a reasturant onboard, this is the seating area for it.
  • A typical birth on the Yorktown. Actualy this was an aviator's berth so it's probably a little larger and nicer then typical.
  • Gotta have a place to washup of if you live on a ship like this too.
  • Torpedo Maininance room. They didn't fire them, but they did drop them off airplanes and helicopters, so there's this room to m
  • you might have a carrier HVAC unit at your house, here's one from the 40's
  • More AC units.
  • This is the on-board dentist office.
  • This is the &quot;vegitable preperation room&quot; there is a space for everything on board!
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