I recently returned from a trip to the La Jolla / San Diego area. I'd been there once previously, which I wrote about in 2021. I want to add something to that summary -- this time, I toured the decommissioned aircraft carrier, the USS Midway.
The Midway was the main naval vessel involved in Operation Desert Storm, circa 1991. It's now a museum, permanently docked in the San Diego harbor across from the Navy base on Coronado Island (where it just so happened two active aircraft carriers were docked).
Along with an audio tour, there were dozens of volunteer docents to help guide you around. These were almost all retired Navy vets, so they could add great context to what you saw and heard.
About what you saw and heard about.....this is a short list:
The flight deck, full of past Naval aircraft.
The bridge.
The navigation room.
The communications room.
The lower decks, which included the barracks, the officers quarters, the galley and kitchen, the sick bay, the machine room, the boiler room, and much more.
It was mind-boggling to think of what it took to build the ship, and what it took to operate it a city of 4500 people on the sea. Not to mention how something that weighs 100,000 tons can even float!
I highly recommend going to the USS Midway Museum.
