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The museum was born out of an idea by former naval officer Charles F. Hyatt to develop a major tourist attraction on what had once been a dump for dredged mud. [1] Initial plans for the museum called for a large building onshore to display exhibits related to the history of small combatants ships in the U.S. Navy. [2] On 3 January 1976, the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown was opened to the public.
Charleston Navy Yard Officers' Quarters Historic District is a national historic district located at the former Charleston Naval Shipyard in North Charleston, South Carolina. It encompasses 24 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object.
Charleston Naval Shipyard (formerly known as the Charleston Navy Yard) was a U.S. Navy ship building and repair facility located along the west bank of the Cooper River, in North Charleston, South Carolina and part of Naval Base Charleston.
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The Patriot's Point naval and maritime museum is located at the mouth of the river. Berthed at Patriot's Point are four museum ships, most notably USS Yorktown, a World War II aircraft carrier. Goose Creek, a tributary of the Cooper River, was the site of a U.S. Navy submarine base through the late 1990s.
USS Clamagore (SS-343) was a Balao-class submarine, which operated as a museum ship at the Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum outside Charleston, South Carolina from 1979 to 2022. Built in 1945 for the United States Navy, she was still in training when World War II ended. She was named for the clamagore. [9]
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Naval War College Museum: Rhode Island: Warwick: Steamship Historical Society of America: Y South Carolina: Charleston: Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum Y Tennessee: Memphis: Mississippi River Museum: Texas: Corpus Christi: USS Lexington on the Bay Museum: Texas: Fredericksburg: Chester Nimitz Museum of the Pacific War: Texas: Galveston