Harbor Drive - USS Midway and Maritime Museum

2010.12.27

Naturally the day I had to fly home, it was warm and sunny.  We had some time before I had to go to the airport, so we took a spin down Harbor Drive.  We pulled into downtown and drove down a couple or three streets in the old Gaslamp Quarter, then looped back on Harbor Drive and stopped long enough for me to snap a few photos.

The USS Midway aircraft carrier was launched in 1945, and took part in the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm.  Today it is a museum.

USS Midway, San Diego
USS Midway, San Diego

Near where we parked, there was a larger than life statue of a famous 1945 Life magazine photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt titled V-J Day in Times Square.  Small child for scale.

Statue of famous 1945 <em>Life</em> magazine photograph entitled <em>V-J Day in Times Square</em>

Not far from the USS Midway is the Maritime Museum of San Diego.

Ships at Maritime Museum of San Diego
Ships at Maritime Museum of San Diego