USS Laffey

Posted by on Apr 7, 2014 | Comments Off on USS Laffey

On a trip to Charleston, SC, I was finally able to stop by Patriots Point and visit the USS Laffey, DD-724.  I’ve toured aircraft carriers and battleships, but always wanted to walk through a WWII era destroyer.  The Laffey is a famous ship, known as “The Ship that wouldn’t die’ because it was hit by numerous kamikaze strikes, bombs, and torpedoes, and still managed to bring most of her crew home. She saw service through the Korean conflict and was transferred to Patriot’s Point as a museum ship in 1981.  Here is just under 200 photos of the exterior and interior of the ship.  The day was overcast, so the exterior shots are not as good as I’d like, but I had to take what I could get during the trip.

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