Saturday, February 22, 2014

Patriots Point Naval Museum in Charleston


Another cool bridge I drove across at Charleston Harbor.


 Visited the Patriots Point Naval Museum and toured the USS Yorktown (aircraft carrier) USS Laffey (Destroyer) and USS Calamagore (submarine)

 Yorktown

 Engine controls
 Steam Turbines
 Gear reduction
 Boilers
 Radars
 Flight deck



 Bridge

 Captains cabin
 Docking Bridge



 Captains chair


 Chart room

 Arresting cable
 Compare the size of the F-14 and the A-4.  The A-4 is a small fighter!






 Bow torpedo room

 Control room

 Engine room (Forward)
 Engine room (aft)  This is a 4 engine submarine.
 Engine controls
 Aft torpedo room

 You can see the difference between the outer hull and the pressure hull here where they are doing maintenance.








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