Patriot's Point

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Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum is located in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, at the mouth of the Cooper River on the Charleston Harbor, across from Charleston, SC.

Patriot's Point is home to four museum ships:

• USS Yorktown (CV-10), an aircraft carrier
• USCGC Ingham (WHEC-35), a Coast Guard cutter
• USS Laffey (DD-724), a destroyer
• USS Clamagore (SS-343), a submarine

Until 1994, Patriot's Point also hosted NS Savannah, America's only nuclear merchant vessel.

The Yorktown has many exhibits on board, including:

• Medal of Honor museum, with biographies of all medal recipients
• 25 naval aircraft, including:
  • A-4 Skyhawk
  • A-6 Intruder
  • A-7 Corsair
  • F-4 Phantom
  • F-9 Cougar
  • F-14 Tomcat

Exhibits ashore include:

• Civil War-era cannon
• Vietnam War-era:
  • US Navy Bell UH-1 helicopter
  • USMC Bell AH-1 Sea Cobra helicopter
  • PBR-105 river patrol boat
  • Naval Support Camp

[edit] 1975 – Present

Patriot's Point has continued to grow serving as an embarkation point for Fort Sumter tour boats, home to several other vessels (including the submarine USS Clamagore), the Cold War Submarine Memorial, a replica of a Vietnam Support Base, and the museum of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. On September 2, 2003, the Yorktown served as the backdrop for the formal announcement of Senator John Kerry's candidacy as he sought, and ultimately won, the Democratic nomination for President of the United States for the 2004 election.

[edit] External links

• Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum
• Congressional Medal of Honor Museum

• Patriot's Point is at coordinates 32°47′25″N 79°54′30″W / 32.790377, -79.90821 (Patriot's Point)Coordinates: 32°47′25″N 79°54′30″W / 32.790377, -79.90821 (Patriot's Point)