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Yorktown the Fighting Lady anchored near Charleston
Charleston hosts the historic carrier Yorktown nicknamed the Fighting Lady for its WWII record of sinking 119 ships and damaging 329. The ship is a tourist draw near Charleston, a seaport city between the Ashley and Cooper rivers with naval ties and local historic sites like the Joseph Manigault House. Nearby Angel Oak claims 1400 years of age.
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Charleston
South Carolina
Cooper
U.S. Navy
Old South
Mississippi River