Hobcaw Point
Hobcaw Point is a hamlet in Charleston County, South Carolina. Hobcaw Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Scanlonville, as well as near Remleys Point.Places of Interest
Highlights include USS Yorktown and USS Laffey.
USS Yorktown
Museum
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USS Yorktown is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. Initially to have been named Bonhomme Richard, she was renamed Yorktown while still under construction, after the Yorktown-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown , which was sunk at the Battle of Midway. USS Yorktown is situated 2 miles south of Hobcaw Point.
USS Laffey
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USS Laffey is an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer constructed during World War II, laid down and launched in 1943, and commissioned in February 1944. She was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Seaman Bartlett Laffey, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his stand against Confederate forces during the Civil War. USS Laffey is situated 2½ miles south of Hobcaw Point.
Patriots Point
Museum
Photo: Clarinetguy097, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum is a naval museum located in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, at the mouth of the Cooper River on the Charleston Harbor, across from Charleston. Patriots Point is situated 2 miles south of Hobcaw Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Pleasant and Daniel Island.
Mount Pleasant
Photo: WolfgangExler, CC BY 3.0.
Mount Pleasant is a large town in the Greater Charleston region of South Carolina. The population of the town has exploded, making it a very popular bedroom community of the city of Charleston.
Daniel Island
Suburb
Charleston is the largest and oldest city in the state of South Carolina in the United States of America. Its historic downtown is on a peninsula formed by two rivers, the Ashley and the Cooper, flowing into the Atlantic, and protected from the open ocean by surrounding islands. Daniel Island is situated 3 miles north of Hobcaw Point.
Hampstead Village
Quarter
Hampstead Village is a neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina in the US, also known as the Eastside or the East Side. A prominent merchant, Henry Laurens, bought several tracts totaling 99 acres where Hampstead Village is today. Hampstead Village is situated 3 miles southwest of Hobcaw Point.
Hobcaw Point
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Charleston County, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.82018° or 32° 49′ 13″ northLongitude
-79.89398° or 79° 53′ 38″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
8742R4C4+3COpenStreetMap ID
node 158303932OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4581860
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