The day after our tour of Patriot's Point, Murphy and I headed over to Fort Sumter.
After all, if one is in Charleston, one should take the time to see the location of the first clash of the Civil War.
To get to Ft. Sumter you either do an endurance swim which is frowned upon, or take a Ferry. I'd highly recommend the ferry.
Leaving the harbor you get some nice shots form the water side of Patriot's Point:
USS Laffey
USS Clamagore
And of Course the USS Yorktown:
It was nice of that boat to give the Yorktown and Clamagore a sense of scale.
It's a working harbor so there's many a civilian ship doing work on the water.
The Ocean Jazz, a US-Flagged Heavy Load Carrier was in port.
As we left the harbor, a tug was coming in.
On the way to Sumter you pass by other fortifications. This one, I believe, is Ft. Moultrie:
Then we reached Ft. Sumter:
2 comments:
Too bad you didn't get to see a sub coming up the Cooper River! THAT would have gotten your attention. And Fort Sumter is well worth seeing.
Old NFO: Yep, that would have been awesome. It was cool to walk the grounds and soak in all the history.
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