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Delta Ship 6301 (N661US), the first production 747-400, at the museum. This photograph was taken prior to the construction of the 747 Experience. N661US when it was in service with Northwest Airlines. The most significant aircraft in the outdoor collection is Delta Ship 6301 (N661US), the first production Boeing 747-400.
The U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics has ranked the Port of San Diego as one of America's top 30 U.S. containership ports, [2] bringing in nearly 3 million metric tons (3,000,000 long tons; 3,300,000 short tons) of cargo per year through the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal and the National City Marine Terminal. Together with the National ...
The Embarcadero sits on property administered by the Port of San Diego, in the Columbia district of downtown San Diego. The Embarcadero is home to the San Diego cruise ship terminal, the museum ships USS Midway and Star of India, seven other historic vessels belonging to the Maritime Museum of San Diego, and various restaurants and shops from ...
Naval Base San Diego is a United States Navy base in San Diego, California. It is the world's second largest surface ship naval base. Naval Base San Diego is the principal homeport of the United States Pacific Fleet , consisting of over 50 ships and over 150 tenant commands.
San Diego Bay (called the "port of San Diego") is referenced in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo as the westernmost of the landmarks used in the resolution of the Mexico–United States border following the Mexican–American War. The border is defined as being "one marine league" (3 nautical miles, 3.452 mi. or 5.556 km) "due south of the ...
The Cross Border Xpress (CBX) is a border crossing and port of entry that connects San Diego in the United States and Tijuana International Airport in Mexico. Operational since December 2015, CBX consists of a terminal building located in the Otay Mesa community that is connected to the airport with a dedicated 120-meter (390 ft) pedestrian bridge that travels over the United States–Mexico ...
Broadway Pier (right of third cruise ship) as seen from the air in October 2012. The pier includes a cruise ship terminal added in 2010. Broadway Pier is a pier in San Diego, California, located on San Diego Bay at the intersection of Broadway and North Harbor Drive. It houses one of San Diego's two cruise ship terminals.
First known as Gibbs Field, the airport opened in July 1940 as an all-way clay and gravel surface airfield.It was founded by William Gibbs (1910–2016). In 1950, the airport was renamed Montgomery Field in honor of John Joseph Montgomery, an aviation pioneer who, in 1884 to 1886, made the first manned, controlled, heavier-than-air flights in the United States from Otay Mesa, south of San ...