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USS Midway
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Tour ID:
WT-03
Company Name:
USS Midway
Rating:
v Special Interest Tour (non-lean)
Time of Departure:
1:15 pm
Bus Travel Time:
10 Minute Walk (1/2 mile from the conference)
Length of Tour:
3 hours

About the Company:

Live the adventure, honor the legend aboard the longest-serving aircraft carrier in U.S. Navy history--a 47 year odyssey that spanned the end of WWII and the liberation of Kuwait in 1991. Located downtown in San Diego at Navy Pier, Midway provides a dynamic and enriching experience "from boiler to bridge."  A visit to Midway instills a greater appreciation for courage, freedom, and service to country.

What you will see:

Self-guided audio tour with admission to 60 exhibits including 24 restored aircraft; Self-guided audio tour features Midway veterans who lived or worked in the spaces you'll visit; Interactive, story-telling docents, many of them Midway veterans; Imagine a carrier that was commissioned in 1945 and served as a flagship in Desert Storm in 1991. The USS Midway set new standards of naval aviation in the latter half of the 20th century.

Special notes/requirements:
  1. Walking distance from conference site
  2. Self guided tour
  3. Convenient – catch ½ day of conference presentations and the Midway tour.
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