USS Midway Aircraft Carrier Near Sunset at the San Diego Harbor in California

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In August 2006 I toured the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier which was made into a memorial and museum in San Diego. Extremely interesting and I highly recommend you visit the USS Midway if you get the opportunity. I also got some more photos of the USS Midway while on a cruise of the San Diego harbor, included in this set.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE U.S.S. MIDWAY:

USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) was an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class, and the first to be commissioned after the end of World War II. Active in the Vietnam War and in Operation Desert Storm, as of 2007 she is a museum ship in San Diego, California. She is the only remaining aircraft carrier of the World War II era that is not an Essex-class ship.

In August 1991, Midway departed Yokosuka and returned to Pearl Harbor and then sailed to San Diego where she was decommissioned at Naval Air Station North Island on 11 April 1992. She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 17 March 1997.

On 30 September 2003, Midway began her journey from the Navy Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Bremerton, Washington, to San Diego, California in preparation for use as a museum and memorial.

On 10 January 2004 the ship was moored at her final location at the Broadway Pier in downtown San Diego, where she was opened to the public on 7 June 2004. Visitors may tour the ship's flight deck, hangar bay, mess hall, bridge, primary flight control area, enlisted and junior officer quarters, sickbay, and portions of the engine rooms. (Source: Wikipedia)

Taken on: August 17, 2006

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