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The Port of Charleston is a seaport located in South Carolina in the Southeastern United States. The port's facilities span three municipalities— Charleston, North Charleston, and Mount Pleasant —with six public terminals owned and operated by the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA). These facilities handle containers, motor vehicles and ...
The SCPA owns and operates six public marine terminals in the Port of Charleston. These facilities handle both containerized and non-containerized cargo, as well as cruise passengers. The sixth facility - the Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal - is a container terminal which opened in March 2021 at the former Charleston Navy Base. Inland Port Greer
Portions of The Charleston, South Carolina metropolitan area, (The City of Charleston, The City of North Charleston, The City of Goose Creek, and The City of Hanahan) are home to branches of the United States Military. During the Cold War, the Naval Base (1902–1996) became the third largest U.S. homeport serving over 80 ships and submarines.
A moored training ship (MTS) is a United States Navy nuclear powered submarine that has been converted to a training ship for the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command 's Nuclear Power Training Unit (NPTU) at Naval Support Activity Charleston in South Carolina. The NPTU is part of the Navy's Nuclear Power School at Goose Creek, S.C.
4 × 1.1 in (28 mm)/75 cal Quadruple anti-aircraft guns (4x4) Aircraft carried. 1 × floatplane "Kingfisher". USS Charleston (PG-51), the fourth vessel to carry her name, was the second of two Erie-class patrol gunboats. Launched from the Charleston Navy Yard on 25 February 1936, and commissioned on 8 July 1936 and was part of the Atlantic Fleet .
First and Thirteenth S, North Charleston, South Carolina. / 32.86056°N 79.96472°W / 32.86056; -79.96472. Charleston Naval Shipyard (formerly known as the Charleston Navy Yard) was a U.S. Navy ship building and repair facility located along the west bank of the Cooper River, in North Charleston, South Carolina and part of Naval Base ...
BAE Systems Mk 110 57 mm gun. 4× .50 cal (12.7 mm) guns (2 aft, 2 forward) Evolved SeaRAM 11 cell missile launcher. Mission modules. Aircraft carried. 2× MH-60R/S Seahawks. USS Charleston (LCS-18) is an Independence -class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the sixth ship to be named for Charleston, the oldest and largest ...
2× MH-60R/S Seahawk. MQ-8 Fire Scout. USS Independence (LCS-2) is the lead ship of the Independence -class of littoral combat ships. She is the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the concept of independence. The design was produced by the General Dynamics consortium for the Navy's LCS program, and competes with the Lockheed ...