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USS Midway Finds New Life as Interactive Museum

The USS Midway was the longest serving aircraft carrier in U.S. Navy history. Now the Midway serves as an interactive museum on San Diego Bay. Photojournalist Justin Renoud reports.

The USS Midway was the longest serving aircraft carrier in U.S. Navy history. Throughout its 47 years of service from the end of World War II through the Cold War and Desert Storm, the Midway was home to 225,000 people. For more than two years, the decommissioned carrier has been serving the community as an interactive museum on San Diego Bay.Nearly a million and a half visitors have toured the Midway. Photojournalist Justin Renoud has this report.

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