Battleships and Historical Sites
Aircraft Carrier Yorktown
Patriots Point on Charlestown Harbor is 90 miles south of Myrtle Beach. The Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum is home to four naval ships, the most famous of which is the WW11 Aircraft Carrier Yorktown. You can tour the majority of the ships working and living area. Visit the National Medal of Honor Museum, the Vietnam Naval Support base re-creation and the Cold war Submarine Memorial.
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Battleship North Carolina
This historic landmark is located in Wilmington, NC just one hour north of Myrtle Beach on Hwy 17. She has nine decks and a museum for touring. Celebrate the honor and dignity of the crew as they served in WW11 through their oral histories, uniforms, and mementos. The Roll of Honor displays the names of more than 10,000 who died in service to their country.
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Fort Sumter
Its five-foot-thick brick walls towered approximately 50 feet above low water to command the main ship channel. Four sides, 170 to 190 feet long, were designed for three tiers of guns; the gorge, mainly officers' quarters, mounted guns only on the third tier. Enlisted men's barracks paralleled the gunrooms on the two flanks. A sally port pierced the center of the gorge, opening onto a wharf. The fort was designed for an armament of 135 guns and a garrison of 650 men. But by December 1860 Fort Sumter was 90 percent completed, standing empty, with only 15 cannon mounted and ready.
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