Hog Island
Hog Island is an island in Charleston County, South Carolina. Hog Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Bayview Acres, as well as near the hamlet Millwood.Places of Interest
Highlights include USS Yorktown and Patriots Point.
USS Yorktown
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
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.
USS Laffey
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ansonborough and French Quarter.
Ansonborough
Quarter
Ansonborough is a neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1726, Captain George Anson acquired a 64-acre tract from Thomas Gadsden. Anson's lands were divided into smaller parcels for development, and several streets were named either for his ships or for himself: George and Anson, Scarborough and Squirrel, and Centurion.
French Quarter
Quarter
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
The French Quarter is a historic district and a section of downtown Charleston, South Carolina, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Wraggborough
Quarter
Wraggborough is a neighborhood in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, named after slave trader Joseph Wragg, and noted for its association with the slave trade.
Hog Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States of America
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Charleston County, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.79133° or 32° 47′ 29″ northLongitude
-79.90157° or 79° 54′ 6″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
8742Q3RX+G9OpenStreetMap ID
node 357091266OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Hog Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hog Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, South Carolina, Charleston County)”
- Cebuano: “Hog Island”
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