29 years ago today, on 17 March 1997, Midway-class aircraft carrier USS Midway CV-41 was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
MuseumShip at USS Midway Museum, San Diego, CA
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52 years ago today, on 15 March 1974 Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Intrepid CVS-11 was decommissioned for the final time.
In 1976, Intrepid was moored at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia and hosted exhibits as part of the United States Bicentennial celebrations.
Plans originally called for Intrepid to be scrapped after decommissioning, but a campaign led by real estate developers Zachary and Larry Fisher and the Intrepid Museum Foundation saved the carrier and established it as a museum ship. In August 1982, the ship opened at Pier 86 on the Hudson River in New York City as the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. Four years later, Intrepid was officially designated as a National Historic Landmark
MuseumShip at Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York, NY
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83 years ago today, on 17 February 1943, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Lexington CV-16 was commissioned with Capt. Felix Stump in command.
USS Lexington Museum on the Bay, Corpus Christi, TX
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On 20 February 1953, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown CV-10 was recommissioned with Captain William M. Nation in command, after 6 years in the Pacific Reserve Fleet at Bremerton.
Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant, SC
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On 25 January 1984, a RF-4B Phantom II with USS Midway's VMFP-3 made a barricade landing after a nose gear hydraulic failure.
USS Midway Museum, San Diego, CA
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On 21 January 1943, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown CV-10 was launched at Newport News Shipbuilding, sponsored by Eleanor Roosevelt.
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79 years ago today, on 15 January 1947, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Hornet CV-12 was decommissioned for the first time, and joined the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
USS Hornet - Sea, Air and Space Museum, Alameda, CA
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22 years ago today, on 10 January 2004, Midway-class aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41) arrives at her current location.
USS Midway Museum, San Diego, CA
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79 years ago today, on 9 January 1947, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) was decommissioned for the first time, and berthed with the Bremerton Group, in the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
Patriots Point Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant, SC
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22 years ago today, on 5 January 2004, Midway class aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41) was towed into San Diego Bay. She was moored temporarily at Naval Air Station North Island to take-on restored historical aircraft and will soon be home ported across the bay in San Diego, as the center piece for our nation's biggest museum devoted to carriers and naval aviation.
USS Midway Museum, San Diego, CA
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