Photos tagged as yorktown
Travel Photography Photos tagged as yorktown
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Day_108_-_USS Yorktown, Flight_Deck1
This is just a small sample of the military airpcraft on display on the USS Yorktown.
- Date: 18 December 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Charleston, USA
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Day_108_-_USS Yorktown, Bridge_View
This was from the Captains Chair on the main Bridge
- Date: 18 December 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Charleston, USA
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Day_108_-_USS Yorktown, Bridge Closeup
The bridge is open to tour at your own pace. You can sit in the Captains Chair, turn the wheel, etc.
- Date: 18 December 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Charleston, USA
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Day_108_-_USS Yorktown, Captains_Chair
This is where the Captain would normally sit when on the bridge (or officer of the day)
- Date: 18 December 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Charleston, USA
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Day_108_-_USS Yorktown,_Bridge1
This is the view of the bridge from the dock. The bow is to the right.
- Date: 18 December 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Charleston, USA
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Day_108_-_USS Yorktown__Bow
The ship isn't actually floating, but sits in the mud in some shallow water, so the effect is good.
- Date: 18 December 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Charleston, USA
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Day_108_-_USS Yorktown, Ravenel Bridge
I liked this view of the bow, the bridge and some wetlands.
- Date: 18 December 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Charleston, USA
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Day_108_-_USS Yorktown
The State of South Carolina maintains this retired naval aircraft carrier as part of it's Patriots Landing park. Several sections of the ship are open for self paced touring.
- Date: 18 December 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Charleston, USA
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Day_108_-_USS Clamagore, Maneuvering_Room
These levers controled the submarines batteries and motors.
- Date: 18 December 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Charleston, USA
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Day_108_-_USS Clamagore, Hatch
If you want to tour this submarine, you must climb through several of these hatches, like others we've toured.
- Date: 18 December 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Charleston, USA
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Day_107_-_USS Yorktown
This ship is now a SC State Park and moored off of Patriots Point across from Charleston.
- Date: 17 December 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Charleston, USA
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Day 90 - YVC, Timeline Example
As we walked down the path to the museum, the rail was a running timeline
- Date: 30 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day 90 - YVC, Rev War Tent & JL
This is me pretending to write a letter with a quill pen. This is an officer's tent from the Revolutionary War re-enactment village.
- Date: 30 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day 90 - YVC, HQ_Tent
The largest tent in a Revolutionary War army was for the commander. Most staff meetings and conferences would be held here, as well as meals.
- Date: 30 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day 90 - YVC, Revolutionary War Encampment
Behind the museum at the Yorktown Victory Center is a re-enactment of a Revolutionary War army encampment.
- Date: 30 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day 90 - YVC, Revolutionary War Encampment Cannon
Re-enactor's portraying continental soldiers demonstrated how to fire a revolutionary war era cannon
- Date: 30 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day 90 - YVC, Revolutionary War Doctor
This re-enactor is playing a doctor for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
- Date: 30 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day 90 - YVC, Entrance
This is the entrance to the State of Virginia's living history museum called "Yorktown Victory Center". This is a separate facility than the National Park Service Yorktown Battlefield, which is close by.
- Date: 30 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day 90 - YVC, Hogs_Head
There is a typical 1790's era family farm set up at Yorktown Victory Center. This lady is demonstrating the type of barrel used to ship tobacco to England, called a 'Hogs Head'.
- Date: 30 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day 90 - YVC, American Line Redoubt
We were standing on the top of the British defenses, looking about 800 yards across the field where the American lines were.
- Date: 30 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day 90 - YVC, Cannon on Bluff
The British selected this location to wait for reinforcements since it was very defensible and had a commanding view of Chesapeake Bay.
- Date: 30 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day 90 - Yorktown NBF, Mom & Cannon
The visitor center at Yorktown National Battlefield is by the British earthworks. There are several Revolutionary War era cannon positioned around the center.
- Date: 30 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day 90 - Yorktown NBF, Map
The British position was entrenched and well positioned against direct attack - but vulnerable against siege. The continental army set up two lines against them, moving closer on the second line to make their artillery more effective.
- Date: 30 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day 90 - Yorktown NBF, Chesapeake_Bay
This is a view of the bay from the main British position. You can see the headlands on the other side from here. The French fleet arrived and defeated the British resupply fleet, which essentially sealed the fate for Cornwallis.
- Date: 30 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day 90 - Yorktown NBF, Cannon
Cannon with this green coloration are all original from the Revolutionary War.
- Date: 30 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Yorktown, USA
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