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Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant, SC

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Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum

Board the WWII aircraft carrier USS Yorktown and the destroyer USS Laffey on Charleston Harbor.

40 Patriots Point Rd · Mount Pleasant, SC

About Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum

Patriots Point sits on Charleston Harbor at the mouth of the Cooper River, with the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown as its centerpiece. General admission lets you explore the Yorktown and the destroyer USS Laffey on your own, along with the Vietnam Experience Exhibit, the Medal of Honor Museum and 27 aircraft. The Yorktown recovered the Apollo 8 command module in 1968, and the Laffey is nicknamed The Ship That Would Not Die for surviving kamikaze attacks in World War II.

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