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An Apollonaut travel guide
A city on the bay.
An introduction to the San Diego waterfront, where the Midway is moored at Navy Pier beside the city centre.
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Read the bay from the flight deck
The Midway is moored at Navy Pier on North Harbor Drive, at the edge of downtown San Diego. From her flight deck you can look across San Diego Bay to Coronado and Naval Air Station North Island, where she was decommissioned in 1992.
A guide can give context without turning a working waterfront into a backdrop. Notice the naval ships that still use the bay, and how the city’s towers rise right behind the carrier.
A carrier’s layout
An aircraft carrier is arranged in layers: the flight deck for launching and landing aircraft, the hangar deck below for maintenance, and many decks beneath for the crew and machinery. The island on the starboard side holds the bridge.
Begin with a detail and ask how it was used, crewed and maintained. A photograph alone cannot tell you who worked on a flight deck or the conditions in which they worked.
A Midway chapter
The Midway shows one chapter of San Diego’s long connection with the U.S. Navy: a carrier that served from 1945 to 1992 and now welcomes visitors.
Look at the meeting of the two: a ship built for war, and a city waterfront where it is now a museum.
Make room for context
Pair this reading with the ship’s history and the Journal. This is an introduction for visitors, not a claim that our team manages these places or represents the museum or the Navy.
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Sources & further reading
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