San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum Photo Gallery by Jim Jeter at pbase.com

San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum

~ San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum ~

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I served aboard this ship when it was still U.S.S. Midway (CVA-41) from 1962 until 1965. She was given to the city of San Diego and opened as a Museum in 2003. I hope to be able to put other photos of her up here in the future.

(from San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum Website)
“Midway Magic” is a historical fact. It was a term known throughout the Navy as the USS Midway steamed through a 47-year career of service to country. Imagine, a carrier that was commissioned in 1945 and served as a flagship in Desert Storm in 1991. No other carrier served as long as the USS Midway.

Time and again, the USS Midway remained on station when other carriers broke down and headed for port. It was almost magical how the crew and carrier responded to every call—both military and humanitarian.

The USS Midway set new standards of naval aviation in the latter half of the 20th century. A captured German V-2 rocket was launched off the USS Midway in 1946—the dawn of naval missile warfare. The USS Midway blazed new trails of sub-Arctic air operations off the coast of Greenland. It was the first carrier homeported in a foreign country, calling Yokosuka, Japan home for 18 years. When others came home, the USS Midway remained at the “tip of the sword” on an odyssey shared by 200,000 Americans that spanned the surrender of Japan in WWII, the Cold War, Vietnam, the era of détente and Desert Storm.

No other carrier carries such a proud—many say “magical”—tradition of diligence, vigilance and mission completion. Midway Magic was real. And it continues today as the San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum located at 910 N. Harbor Drive, alongside Navy Pier.

Visit the website at: http://www.midway.org/

Midway-Starboard-Side.jpg
Midway-Port-Side02.jpg
Midway-Port-Side.jpg
Midway-Fantail.jpg

Midway-StbdSide.gif
Bow and Anchor from Angle Deck.jpg
Pipes & Fittings.jpg
Officers Mess.jpg

Officer's Galley.jpg
Machine Shop.jpg
Laundry - Steam Presses.jpg
Laser Guided Bomb.jpg

J-79 Turbo-Jet Engine.jpg
J-79 Tailpipe and Afterburner.jpg
Hanger Deck02.jpg
Hanger Deck.jpg

Fwd Scullry and Garbage Disposal.jpg
Flightdeck and Island.jpg
A-7 Intake.jpg
F4 Belly & Landing Gear.jpg

F4 600 Gallon External Fuel Tank.jpg
E2 Hawkeye.jpg
Deep Fryers - Crews Galley.jpg
A4 Skyhawk.jpg

A3 Whale.jpg
F4 J79 Exhaust Nozzles
fo'c'sle (forecastle)-01.jpg
Forecastle-02.jpg

Forecastle-03.jpg
Forecastle-04.jpg
AnchoChairSwivel.jpg
Capstain_Starboard.jpg

Capstain-Port.jpg
Buckeye.jpg
T2 Buckeye 02.jpg
SNJ_01.jpg

SNJ04.jpg
SNJ03.jpg
SNJ02.jpg
C1A.jpg

CrewsBerthing.jpg
EngineRoom.jpg
F4B Cockpit and Engine Intake.jpg
F4B-Sidewinder.jpg

F4B-Tail.jpg
Hatch.jpg
MessDeck.jpg
Passageway.jpg

Post Office 01.jpg
Post Office 02.jpg
Post Office 03.jpg
SickBay01.jpg

Sick Bay Operating Room.jpg
Squawk-Box.jpg
Aboard USS Midway 1965

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Walter O. Koenig PM reply 23-May-2008 22:15

Great gallery. Excellent documentation. Fine images. I enjoyed my visit. "V"

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Midway-Starboard-Side.jpg	Midway-Port-Side02.jpg	Midway-Port-Side.jpg	Midway-Fantail.jpg
Midway-StbdSide.gif	Bow and Anchor from Angle Deck.jpg	Pipes & Fittings.jpg	Officers Mess.jpg
Officer's Galley.jpg	Machine Shop.jpg	Laundry - Steam Presses.jpg	Laser Guided Bomb.jpg
J-79 Turbo-Jet Engine.jpg	J-79 Tailpipe and Afterburner.jpg	Hanger Deck02.jpg	Hanger Deck.jpg
Fwd Scullry and Garbage Disposal.jpg	Flightdeck and Island.jpg	A-7 Intake.jpg	F4 Belly & Landing Gear.jpg
F4 600 Gallon External Fuel Tank.jpg	E2 Hawkeye.jpg	Deep Fryers - Crews Galley.jpg	A4 Skyhawk.jpg
A3 Whale.jpg	F4 J79 Exhaust Nozzles	fo'c'sle (forecastle)-01.jpg	Forecastle-02.jpg
Forecastle-03.jpg	Forecastle-04.jpg	AnchoChairSwivel.jpg	Capstain_Starboard.jpg
Capstain-Port.jpg	Buckeye.jpg	T2 Buckeye 02.jpg	SNJ_01.jpg
SNJ04.jpg	SNJ03.jpg	SNJ02.jpg	C1A.jpg
CrewsBerthing.jpg	EngineRoom.jpg	F4B Cockpit and Engine Intake.jpg	F4B-Sidewinder.jpg
F4B-Tail.jpg	Hatch.jpg	MessDeck.jpg	Passageway.jpg
Post Office 01.jpg	Post Office 02.jpg	Post Office 03.jpg	SickBay01.jpg
Sick Bay Operating Room.jpg	Squawk-Box.jpg	Aboard USS Midway 1965

Walter O. Koenig	PM reply	23-May-2008 22:15
Great gallery. Excellent documentation. Fine images. I enjoyed my visit. "V"