Hobcaw Boatyard
Hobcaw Boatyard is a shipyard in Charleston County, South Carolina. Hobcaw Boatyard is situated nearby to the sports venue Hobcaw Yacht Club, as well as near the community center Hobcaw Clubhouse.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include USS Yorktown and Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge.
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. USS Yorktown is situated 2½ miles south of Hobcaw Boatyard.
Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge
Bridge
Photo: bbatsell, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over the Cooper River in South Carolina, US, connecting downtown Charleston to Mount Pleasant. The bridge has a main span of 1,546 feet, the third longest among cable-stayed bridges in the Western Hemisphere. Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge is situated 2 miles southwest of Hobcaw Boatyard.
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. USS Laffey is situated 2½ miles south of Hobcaw Boatyard.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Daniel Island and Mount Pleasant.
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 2½ miles north of Hobcaw Boatyard.
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.
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 Boatyard.
Hobcaw Boatyard
- Type: Shipyard
- Category: transportation
- Location: Charleston County, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.82231° or 32° 49′ 20″ northLongitude
-79.89798° or 79° 53′ 53″ westOperator
Hobcaw Yacht ClubOpen location code
8742R4C2+WROpenStreetMap ID
way 1514831834OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=boatyard
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hobcaw Yacht Club and Hobcaw Clubhouse.
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