Patriots Point

Hugh was keen to visit this naval museum. The main feature is the WWII aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10). It was built in 1943 in Newport, Virginia. The museum also includes the USS Destroyer Liffey which was part of the D-Day landings in Normandy and then went to the Pacific Theatre and was almost sunk by Kamikaze planes on on April 6th 1945. There is also the submarine USS Clamagore. We visited all three.

One of the best naval museums I have seen. Several video reconstructions of bombing and of action stations in a submarine.

On the USS Yorktown there were several separate tour routes that included Living and Working conditions, the engine room, the carrier rooms, the wardroom and the Hangar Deck. There was an Apollo 8 Mission exhibit (the Yorktown picked up the space capsule from the sea) and a Medal of Honor Museum (the Medal of Honor is similar to the Victoria Cross that Britain awards).