Mount Pleasant Fire Department USS Yorktown Fire Watch

Mount Pleasant Fire Department USS Yorktown Fire Watch is a building in Charleston County, South Carolina. Mount Pleasant Fire Department USS Yorktown Fire Watch is situated nearby to USS Laffey, as well as near the museum Patriots Point.

Places of Interest Nearby

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 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 440 feet south of Mount Pleasant Fire Department USS Yorktown Fire Watch.

Patriots Point

Museum

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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 830 feet east of Mount Pleasant Fire Department USS Yorktown Fire Watch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ansonborough and Wraggborough.

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.

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.

French Quarter

Quarter

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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.

Mount Pleasant Fire Department USS Yorktown Fire Watch

Type: Building
Also known as: “Mount Pleasant Fire Department Station 6”
Location: Charleston County, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

32.7906° or 32° 47′ 26″ north

Longitude

-79.9083° or 79° 54′ 30″ west

Elevation

16 feet (5 metres)

Open location code

8742Q3RR+6M

GeoNames ID

7312464

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