A busy day today, as we visited Patriot's Point and the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, the destroyer USS Laffey, and the submarine USS Clamagore.  The Yorktown was the tenth aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy.  During WWII, she displaced 27,100 tons and carried a crew of 380 officers; 3,088 enlisted men; and an air group of 90 planes.  She also saw service in Vietnam and recovered the Apollo 8 astronauts.  By way of trivia, she portrayed the aircraft carrier Akagi in the movie Tora! Tora! Tora!

Captain Wray extends his compliments from the Captain's Chair on the bridge of the USS Yorktown

 

Flight Deck, USS Yorktown

Also moored at Patriot's Point, the USS Laffey, DD-724, was a Sumner Class destroyer, very similar to the Gleaves Class USS Swanson, DD-443, on which my dad served during WWII.

Helm, USS Laffey

Running out of room on this post, so the submarine Clamagore will have to wait.