A Life-Saving Light Station

Historical marker location:

2555 Sea Island Parkway, Saint Helena Island, South Carolina

( Marker can be reached from North Beach Road, 0.6 miles north of Hunting Island Drive.)

The USS Yorktown, a World War II-era aircraft carrier that now serves as a museum ship, is docked in Charleston Harbor. The ship played a key role in the Pacific Theater of the war, including the Battle of Midway.