Clifton Plantation

Historical marker location:

Georgetown, South Carolina

( Marker is on Ocean Highway (U.S. 17) south of Hobcaw Road, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1981

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.