USS Laffey DD-724 — Attraction in Mount Pleasant

Having previously visited the USS Joseph P Kennedy DD 850 in Fall River, MA and being very disappointed my expectations for the Laffey were not high. Boy was i happily surprised! What really made our visit exceptional was our guide, Chief Bob. I could never ask for a better guide and I was on a destroyer myself in Vietnam. I loved the fact that so many areas like the bridge and inside of the gun mount and the CIC were open and even had awesome videos playing. In 4 years in the Navy I never set foot in the engine room before this. Thank you so much for having an awesome docent like Chief Bob to escort us through the ship. The Kennedy in Fall River is...

This is a wonderful piece of history. Just to be on board and knowing you are standing in the spot where those heroic men fought and many died was one of the most humbling things I've done. I I'm grateful for the opportunity to experience it with my daughter. We had the honor of meeting Luther Singleton on board. He served on 3 of the ships like the Laffey before retiring. He is a wealth of knowledge and one of the kindest gentlemen I've had the privilege of speaking with. If you visit the Laffey,be sure to ask if Chief Petty Officer Singleton is on board. I believe he volunteers 3 days a week, but it is definitely worth...

We visited during Christmas 2006 but Patriot's Point was closed and I did not get to tour the ships but took quite a few photos, and it was great, at the time, to still have USCGC Ingham there (she is now part of a CG museum in Key West). There is something about the contrast of their paint schemes that draws the eye and you start to compare them, that CG white...Both ships have an illustrious career, Lafferty being known as the "Ship That Would Not Die". She served in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters, though it is probably surviving the incredible number of kamikaze attacks off Okinawa that she is...