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Historical Ship Retires in Charleston

on August 24th, 2009 at 3:07 am
Posted In: Education, mt. pleasant, Mt. Pleasant Things to Do, Visiting

Interested in war history? The USS Laffey, a World War II destroyer ship, has retired in Charleston. This ship who’s fondly referred to as “the ship that would not die” was moved from the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum on Charleston Harbor up the Cooper River to a dry-dock in North Charleston.

After surviving multiple kamikaze attacks during the war, this ship developed a brut of a reputation. Although the ship is right here in Charleston, you’ll have to wait a few months before you can visit her.

At its new location, the ship will undergo various repairs, which is expected to take about four months. The state of South Carolina recently approved a loan of more than $9 million to help with the repairs.

The move was carefully timed to take advantage of the ocean’s highest tides of the month.

“Probably no ship has ever survived an attack of the intensity that she experienced.”
- Samuel Eliot Morison, Naval Historian

For additional information regarding the USS Laffey and its incredible history, visit the
ship’s personal Web site.

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