USS Midway Museum

The USS Midway Museum is a historical naval aircraft carrier museum in San Diego, California, United States, located at Navy Pier. The museum consists of the aircraft carrier Midway.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include USS Midway and San Diego Union Station.

USS Midway

Museum

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USS Midway is an aircraft carrier, formerly of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class. Commissioned eight days after the end of World War II, Midway was the largest aircraft carrier in the world until 1955, as well as the first U.S. aircraft carrier too big to transit the Panama Canal.

San Diego Union Station

Railway station

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Santa Fe Depot is a union station in San Diego, California, built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway to replace the small Victorian-style structure erected in 1887 for the California Southern Railroad Company. San Diego Union Station is situated 1,800 feet northeast of USS Midway Museum.

Broadway Pier

Pier

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Broadway Pier is a pier in San Diego, California, located on San Diego Bay at the intersection of Broadway and North Harbor Drive. It houses one of San Diego's two cruise ship terminals. Broadway Pier is situated 650 feet north of USS Midway Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marina and San Diego.

Marina

Quarter

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Marina is a neighborhood in the southwest section of downtown San Diego, California, along San Diego Bay. It comprises a district of retail and entertainment complexes, such as the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, Seaport Village, and the San Diego Convention Center.

San Diego

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From balmy beaches with a laid-back attitude to a gleaming modern image, San Diego offers much for the tourist to enjoy. Situated on the Southern California seacoast, San Diego is the second largest city in the state, with 1.4 million residents, and has long attracted travelers for its ideal climate, miles of beaches, and location on the Mexican border right across from Tijuana.

Little Italy

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Little Italy is a neighborhood in downtown San Diego, California, that was originally a predominantly Italian and Portuguese fishing neighborhood. It now consists of Italian restaurants, grocery stores, home design stores, art galleries and residential units.

USS Midway Museum

Type: Museum
Description: maritime museum in San Diego, California
Categories: maritime museum, military museum, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: California, United States, North America
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Latitude

32.71395° or 32° 42′ 50″ north

Longitude

-117.17487° or 117° 10′ 30″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

8544PR7G+H3

GeoNames ID

11820242

Wikidata ID

Q3329805

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Japanese—“USS Midway Museum” goes by many names.

Chinese: “中途島號博物館”
French: “musée de l’USS Midway”
French: “Musée de l’USS Midway”
French: “USS Midway Museum”
German: “USS Midway Museum”
Japanese: “USSミッドウェイ博物館”
Japanese: “ミッドウェイ博物館”
Japanese: “空母ミッドウェイ博物館”
Japanese: “航空母艦ミッドウェイ博物館”

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