USS Yorktown
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USS Yorktown is a museum in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Persimmon Hill stands 18 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is F/A-18A Hornet, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Mathis Ferry Road Scenic Highway passes 1.6 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
USS Yorktown (CV/CVA/CVS-10) is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. Initially to have been named Bonhomme Richard, she was renamed Yorktown while still under construction, after the Yorktown-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5), which was sunk at the Battle of Midway. She is the fourth U.S. Navy ship to bear the name, though the previous ships were named for the 1781 Battle of Yorktown. Yorktown was commissioned in April 1943, and participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning 11 battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation. Decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, she was modernized and recommissioned in February 1953 as an attack carrier (CVA), and served with distinction during the Korean War. The ship was later modernized again with a canted deck, eventually becoming an anti-submarine carrier (CVS) and served for many years in the Pacific, including duty in the Vietnam War, during which she earned five battle stars. The carrier served as a recovery ship for the December, 1968, Apollo 8 space mission, the first crewed ship to reach and orbit the Moon, and was used in the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora!, which recreated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and in the 1984 science fiction film The Philadelphia Experiment. Yorktown was decommissioned in 1970 and in 1975 became a museum ship at Patriots Point, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, where she was designated a National Historic Landmark.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q562230, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1976-01-03
- Height
- 17 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum
- Fee
- No
- Step-free access
- Designated
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Mathis Ferry Road Scenic Highway
- 2.7 mi off the Fort Johnson Road Scenic Highway
- 5.0 mi off the Long Point Road Scenic Highway
- 5.5 mi off the Riverland Drive Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- F/A-18A Hornet: 0.0 mi
- SH-3G Sea King: 0.0 mi
- E-1B Tracer: 0.0 mi
- EA-3B Skywarrior: 0.0 mi
- S3-B Viking: 0.0 mi
- Cold War Submarine Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Arthur Ravenel, Jr. / Arthur Ravenel, Jr. Bridge: 0.8 mi
- BG James Estcourt Sawyer / Old Sunken Hull: 0.8 mi
- Vaughn E. Kee: 0.8 mi
- First Responders Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Mount Pleasant Memorial Waterfront Park: 0.9 mi
- Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park, Liberty Square: 1.0 mi
- Charlotte Street Park: 1.0 mi
- Gadsdenboro Park: 1.1 mi
- East Bay Calhoun Park: 1.2 mi
- Bell Diver: 0.8 mi
- Dock Jumping: 0.8 mi
- Tangled In Enchantment: 0.8 mi
- Kids Going to the Beach: 0.8 mi
- On Behalf of a Greatful Nation: 0.8 mi
- The Marion And Wayland H. Cato Jr. Garden: 1.4 mi
- Lenhardt Garden: 1.6 mi
- Heyward-Washington House Gardens: 1.6 mi
- Mrs. Whaley's Garden: 1.6 mi
- Kathleen K. Lightsey Garden: 1.7 mi
- Sunrise Park Beach: 2.6 mi
- Grice Beach: 2.9 mi
- Grice Beach: 2.9 mi
- Cummings Point: 4.2 mi
- Capers Island Boneyard: 13.3 mi
- Persimmon Hill: 19.1 mi
- Raven Hill: 20.3 mi
- Rosom Hill: 24.7 mi
- Dills Bluff: 3.7 mi
- Church Flats Bluff: 15.2 mi
- Avian Conservation Center: 14.7 mi
- Caw Caw Interpretive Center: 15.6 mi
- Dorchester: 18.7 mi
- Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of USS Yorktown. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persimmon Hill | NNW 329° | 18 m | 19.1 mi |
| Rosom Hill | WNW 296° | 15 m | 24.7 mi |
| Raven Hill | WNW 286° | 5 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:59 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 19:55 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:45 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:40 | 17:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 79 | 82 | 81 | 78 | 69 | 60 | 54 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dwtn Charleston, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 82001519OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — USS YORKTOWN (CV-10), reference 82001519, listed 11/10/82.
OpenStreetMap element way/39010151
Day trips start here
- Charleston · 1 mi
- Mount Pleasant · 4 mi
- Greater Charleston · 5 mi
- Sullivan's Island · 5 mi
- Isle of Palms · 7 mi
- Folly Beach · 9 mi
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