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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNDK_uss-scorpion-ssn-589_Norfolk-VA.html
USS Scorpion, a Skipjack class nuclear-powered attack submarine homeported in Norfolk, Virginia began a Mediterranean deployment in February 1968. The following May 22nd, while homeward bound from that deployment, she was lost with her entire crew…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNDF_uss-cole-ddg-67_Norfolk-VA.html
At 11:18 on the morning of October 12, 2000, while USS Cole was refueling in Aden Harbor, Yemen, terrorist suicide attackers detonated an explosive-laden boat against the ship's port side. The blast tore a hole 40 by 60 feet in the ship's hull, ki…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNDE_the-lone-sailor_Norfolk-VA.html
Donated by friends of the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation, Washington, D.C.This statue is an exact replica of the famous Lone Sailor Statue created by sculptor Stanley Bleifeld to grace the United States Navy Memorial in Washington D.C. The Lone Sai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNDD_uss-belknap-cg-26_Norfolk-VA.html
On 22 November 1975, the cruiser USS Belknap (CG 26) collided with the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) during night maneuvers in the Ionian Sea. As the carrier's overhanging flight deck sheared off Belknap's superstructure, Kennedy's …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNDC_norfolk-botanical-gardens_Norfolk-VA.html
These gardens were conceived by City Manager Thomas Thompson during the Great Depression. His idea was executed by city gardener Frederic Heutte; noted landscape architect Charles F. Gillette served as a consultant. In 1938 about 200 black women w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMHF_flagship-sarah-constant_Norfolk-VA.html
On April 26, 1607, Captain Christopher Newport and the passengers and crew members of the Sarah Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery arrived near this spot during a storm. They explored the landscape and eventually settled in Jamestowne.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMHE_susan-constant-shrine_Norfolk-VA.html
This shrine commemorates the Susan Constant, the flagship of the fleet that carried the first English settlers to Virginia in 1607. The Susan Constant, a 120-ton vessel, was built in 1605 and made one voyage to Spain before the Virginia Company of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMHB_birthplace-of-naval-aviation_Norfolk-VA.html
On Nov. 14, 1910, man proved that planes could fly from ships when a Curtiss Bi-Plan piloted by E. B. Ely took off from the deck of the cruiser U.S.S. Birhingham, at anchor off Old Point Comfort, flew two miles to Willoughby Spit and landed on the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM9C_first-flight-ship-to-shore_Norfolk-VA.html
On 14 November, 1910, Eugene Ely in a Curtiss built "Hudson Flyer," utilizing a specially constructed platform with an uptilt at the end, took off from the cruiser Birminham anchored off Fort Monroe and landed at Willoughby Spit, 2½ miles dis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM8M_u-s-submarine-veterans-w-w-ii-memorial_Norfolk-VA.html
Dedicated to the memory of the submarines, their officers and crews who are still on patrol beneath the sea. May the flame of patriotism that drove these men be kindled in the breasts of all who view this memorial ....
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