Generations

Historical marker location:

1121 Park Street, Columbia, South Carolina

( Marker can be reached from Park Street just south of Gervais Street (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling south.)

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.