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USS MIDWAY from pier parking lot - parking on the pier costs $10 for the day. Parking on the street (parking meters) is free on Sundays (last I knew)!
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Guest see this as they cross the gangplank - USS MIDWAY MUSEUM 2-22-11 - for a better view LEFT CLICK ON THE IMAGE
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Guest entrance - CV is the navy's designation for an aircraft carrier
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Admission as of July 2010 - pier parking is $7 for four hours; $10 for longer period
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USS Midway Museum ticket prices - guests get a free audio tour to use while onboard (PRICES WILL GO UP A DOLLAR IN 2013)
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View from entrance brow looking towards the stern 7-20-10 - For a detailed view LEFT CLICK ON THE IMAGE
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John Paul Jones - "COME SAIL WITH ME" - at the museum entrance - USS MIDWAY / to read it better LEFT CLICK ON THE IMAGE
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USS MIDWAY - Pre-construction model (1:48 scale) of the USS MIDWAY - (for a larger view LEFT CLICK ON THE IMAGE)
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MIDWAY MUSEUM TOUR MAPS IN FIVE LANGUAGES June 13, 2012 - The free audio devices also come in different languages
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Closeup of pre-construction model (1"=48") of the USS MIDWAY - (for a larger image LEFT CLICK on the image)
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USS MIDWAY - Entrance to galley deck (2nd deck)
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USS MIDWAY - Breakfast in main galley - (for closer look LEFT CLICK ON THE IMAGE)
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MIDWAY MESS SCHEDULE - the crew worked around the clock and they had to be fed around the clock. Can you figure out the few hours when there was no place open to eat?
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METAL TRAYS FOR IN THE ENLISTED GALLEY - USS MIDWAY
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There were five galleys serving 13,000 meals per day
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Three day menu onboard MIDWAY - for a larger view RIGHT CLICK on the image then LEFT CLICK on ORIGINAL
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THIRTEEN THOUSAND MEALS EVERY DAY
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USS MIDWAY MUSEUM - enlisted galley - omelettes cooked to order
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OMELETS TO ORDER - USS MIDWAY
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STEAM KETTLES - USS MIDWAY Jun 13, 2012
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Enlisted galley USS MIDWAY - more than four thousan men would eat here three times a day. Chief Petty Officers and Officers ate in their own galleys
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Bomb elevator on the mess deck USS MIDWAY 4-25-11
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USS MIDWAY - Last galley crew 1991 - (for a larger image LEFT CLICK on the image) - Add about twenty years to these photos to update them.
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The last galley crew 1991 onboard USS MIDWAY
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USS MIDWAY - MESS DECK - for a larger image LEFT CLICK ON THE IMAGE
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USS MIDWAY - Chief Petty Officers' Mess
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USS MIDWAY - Chief Petty Officers' Mess
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USS MIDWAY - Chief Petty Officers' Mess (c)
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USS MIDWAY - CPO MESS - (to see the food up close LEFT CLICK ON THE IMAGE)
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USS MIDWAY - Chief Petty Officer Mess
