Aircraft Carrier Midway Museum, San Diego Photos

The carrier, which came into services at the end of WW II, is now a museum ship with a collection of naval aircraft.

See also: Maritime Museums & Historic Ships, Aviation Museums, San Diego
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Midway aircraft carrier now a museum on waterfront.

Elevator of Midway aircraft carrier.

Stern of Midway aircraft carrier.

Landing lights of Midway aircraft carrier.

Bridge of Midway aircraft carrier & reconnaissance plane.

Command center of Midway aircraft carrier.

Navigation controls on bridge of Midway aircraft carrier.

Ships wheel of Midway aircraft carrier.

View from captain's chair of Midway aircraft carrier.

Captain's chair of Midway aircraft carrier.

Signal flags of Midway aircraft carrier.

Superstructure of Midway aircraft carrier.

Bridge & loading crane of Midway aircraft carrier.

Pipes below decks on Midway aircraft carrier.

Machine shop of Midway aircraft carrier.

Mess deck of Midway aircraft carrier.

Flight control bridge of Midway aircraft carrier.

Chair & control station of flight controller aboard Midway aircraft carrier.

View of deck & city from bridge of Midway aircraft carrier.

View of deck & city from bridge of Midway aircraft carrier.

View of helicopter & Coronado Bridge from bridge of Midway aircraft carrier.

View of helicopters & harbor traffic from bridge of Midway aircraft carrier.

View of deck & other carriers from bridge of Midway aircraft carrier.

View of flight control center & other carriers from bridge of Midway aircraft carrier.

North American Aviation SNJ prop trainer (1940s & 50s) at Midway aircraft carrier museum.

North American Aviation SNJ prop trainer (1940s & 50s) at Midway aircraft carrier museum.

Grumman C-1 Trader carrier prop transport (1955) at Midway aircraft carrier museum.

Grumman C-1 Trader carrier prop transport (1955) at Midway aircraft carrier museum.

Douglas A-4C Skyhawk jet carrier-based attack bomber (1956) at Midway aircraft carrier museum.

McDonnell Douglas F-4S Phantom II jet carrier-based fighter (1958) at Midway aircraft carrier museum.

McDonnell Douglas F-4S Phantom II jet carrier-based fighter (1958) at Midway aircraft carrier museum.

McDonnell Douglas F-4N Phantom II jet carrier-based fighter (1960s) at Midway aircraft carrier museum.

McDonnell Douglas F-4N Phantom II jet carrier-based fighter (1960s) at Midway aircraft carrier museum.

Vought F-8 jet fighter at Midway aircraft carrier museum.

Grumman A-6 Intruder carrier-based attack bomber (1960) at Midway aircraft carrier museum.

Grumman A-6 Intruder from above at Midway aircraft carrier museum.

Grumman F-14A Tomcat carrier-based jet interceptor (1970) at Midway aircraft carrier museum.

Lockheed S-3 Viking jet antisubmarine strike aircraft (1970s) at Midway aircraft carrier museum.

Lockheed S-3 Viking jet antisubmarine strike aircraft (1970s) at Midway aircraft carrier museum.

Grumman E-2C Hawkeye prop airborne radar platform (1960s) at Midway aircraft carrier museum.

Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King anti-submarine helicopter at Midway aircraft carrier museum.

Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King helicopter marked with Apollo space capsule pickup missions at Midway aircraft carrier museum.


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