On a trip to Charleston, SC, I was finally able to stop by Patriots Point and visit the USS Laffey, DD-724. I’ve toured aircraft carriers and battleships, but always wanted to walk through a WWII era destroyer. The Laffey is a famous ship, known as “The Ship that wouldn’t die’ because it was hit by numerous kamikaze strikes, bombs, and torpedoes, and still managed to bring most of her crew home. She saw service through the Korean conflict and was transferred to Patriot’s Point as a museum ship in 1981. Here is just under 200 photos of the exterior and interior of the ship. The day was overcast, so the exterior shots are not as good as I’d like, but I had to take what I could get during the trip.
USS Laffey
USS Laffey
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USS Laffey
USS Laffey – Stern
USS Laffey
USS Laffey – Bow 5″ gun
USS Laffey – Bow
USS Laffey – Forward 5″ guns
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USS Laffey
USS Laffey – Bridge and forward 5″ gun
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USS Laffey
USS Laffey – Bridge and mast
USS Laffey – Anchor
USS Laffey – Captain’s Gig
USS Laffey – Deck hardware
USS Laffey – Deck hardware
USS Laffey – Bridge
USS Laffey – Deck Hardware
USS Laffey – Aft 5″ gun
USS Laffey – 5″ gun detail
USS Laffey – Aft 5″ gun, looking forward
USS Laffey – Deck hardware
USS Laffey – Hatch
USS Laffey – Starboard side, looking forward
USS Laffey – Interior, 5″ gun
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USS Laffey – 5″ gun detail
USS Laffey – Bow
USS Laffey – Forward 5″ gun
USS Laffey – Deck hardware
USS Laffey – Bow detail
USS Laffey – 5″ gun detail
USS Laffey – Bow detail
USS Laffey – Deck hardware
USS Laffey
USS Laffey – Port side looking aft
USS Laffey – Turret detail
USS Laffey – Port side looking aft
USS Laffey – ‘Teardrop’ depth charge
USS Laffey – Depth charge launcher
USS Laffey
USS Laffey – Depth charge launcher
USS Laffey – looking down into crew areas
USS Laffey – Port side looking forward
USS Laffey – Depth charge launcher
USS Laffey – History
USS Laffey – Model
USS Laffey – Dazzle camoflage
USS Laffey – Port side interior corridor, looking forward
USS Laffey – Interior hardware
USS Laffey – USS Ward model
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USS Laffey – USS Ward model
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USS Laffey – USS Ward model
USS Laffey – Galley
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USS Laffey – Galley
USS Laffey – Corridor
USS Laffey – Captians quarters
USS Laffey – Radar room
USS Laffey – Radar room
USS Laffey – Chart room
USS Laffey – rear stack, looking aft
USS Laffey – Mk 32 torpedo launcher
USS Laffey – 5″ gun practice mount
USS Laffey – Forward stack, looking forward
USS Laffey – Captains gig
USS Laffey – Captain’s Gig
USS Laffey – Captain’s Gig
USS Laffey – Torpedo launcher detail
USS Laffey – Torpedo launcher detail
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USS Laffey – Bridge
USS Laffey – Bridge
USS Laffey – Bridge
USS Laffey – Bridge
USS Laffey – Looking forward from bridge
USS Laffey – Bridge
USS Laffey – Bridge
USS Laffey – Bridge
USS Laffey – Looking forward from bridge
USS Laffey – signal box
USS Laffey – Range finder, mast
USS Laffey – Captain’s sea cabin
USS Laffey – forward mast
USS Laffey – Range finder
USS Laffey – Range finder
USS Laffey – Signal bridge
USS Laffey – Range finder, mast
USS Laffey – Signal bridge
USS Laffey – Looking forward from signal bridge
USS Laffey – Range finder
USS Laffey – Deck hardware
USS Laffey – Signal bridge
USS Laffey – Range finder
USS Laffey – Signal bridge
USS Laffey – Mast
USS Laffey – 5″ shells loading
USS Laffey
USS Laffey – Looking down in front of the forward stack
USS Laffey – Gun control computer
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USS Laffey
USS Laffey – Crew quarters
USS Laffey – Gun control computer
USS Laffey – Generator room
USS Laffey – Engine room
USS Laffey – Crew quarters
USS Laffey – Generator
USS Laffey – Turbine
USS Laffey – Engine room
USS Laffey – Engine room
USS Laffey – Engine room
USS Laffey – Engine room
USS Laffey – Engine room
USS Laffey – Engine room
USS Laffey – Engine room
USS Laffey – Engine room
USS Laffey – Engine room
USS Laffey – Engine room
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USS Laffey
USS Laffey – Engine room
USS Laffey – Engine room
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USS Laffey – Forward 5″ guns
USS Laffey – Bridge, range finder, mast
USS Laffey
USS Laffey – Stern 5″ gun
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USS Laffey
USS Laffey – Stern
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USS Laffey
USS Laffey
USS Laffey – Captain’s Gig
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USS Laffey – Torpedo launcher
USS Laffey – Mast