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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Norfolk, Virginia

 
Clickable Map of Norfolk, Virginia and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Norfolk Ind. City, VA (107) Chesapeake Ind. City, VA (48) Hampton Ind. City, VA (144) Northampton County, VA (45) Portsmouth Ind. City, VA (95) Virginia Beach Ind. City, VA (74)  Norfolk(107) Norfolk (107)  Chesapeake(48) Chesapeake (48)  Hampton(144) Hampton (144)  NorthamptonCounty(45) Northampton County (45)  Portsmouth(95) Portsmouth (95)  VirginiaBeach(74) Virginia Beach (74)  Norfolk Norfolk
Adjacent to Norfolk, Virginia
    Chesapeake (48)
    Hampton (144)
    Northampton County (45)
    Portsmouth (95)
    Virginia Beach (74)
 
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101Virginia (Norfolk), West Ocean View — KV-6 — Susan Constant Shrine
On West Ocean View Avenue (U.S. 60) at Tidewater Drive (Virginia Route 168), on the right when traveling west on West Ocean View Avenue.
This shrine commemorates the Susan Constant, the flagship of the fleet that carried the first English settlers to Virginia in 1607. The Susan Constant, a 120-ton vessel, was built in 1605 and made one voyage to Spain before the . . . — Map (db m33673) HM
102Virginia (Norfolk), West Ocean View — Flagship Sarah Constant
Near West Ocean View Avenue (U.S. 60) at Tidewater Drive (Virginia Route 168), on the right when traveling west.
On April 26, 1607, Captain Christopher Newport and the passengers and crew members of the Sarah Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery arrived near this spot during a storm. They explored the landscape and eventually settled . . . — Map (db m33674) HM
103Virginia (Norfolk), West Ocean View — KV5 — Landing of Wool and Surrender of Norfolk
On West Ocean View Avenue (U.S. 60) at Mason Creek Road, on the right when traveling west on West Ocean View Avenue.
Near here Major-General John E. Wool, on May 10, 1862, Landed with 6000 Union troops. President Lincoln, Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury, and Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, watched the movement from a ship in Hampton Roads. As the . . . — Map (db m2629) HM
104Virginia (Norfolk), West Ocean View — KV-7 — Operation Torch, 1942
On W Ocean View Avenue (Route 60) east of Mason Creek Drive, on the right when traveling west.
The first major amphibious action of World War II was planned near here in the Nansemond Hotel, HDQ. of Amphibious Force U.S. Atlantic fleet. An Army-Navy staff under Adm. H.K. Hewitt met with Gen. G.S. Patton to plan the movement of Task Force . . . — Map (db m21195) HM
105Virginia (Norfolk), West Ocean View — USS Intrepid (CV-11)
On West Ocean View Avenue (U.S. 60) at Tidewater Drive (Virginia Route 168) on West Ocean View Avenue.
Commissioned: 16 August 1943 Decommissioned: 15 March 1974 The propeller is from the USS Intrepid (CV-11) aka "The Fighting I", an Essex Class Carrier built during World War II. Intrepid was launched on 26 April 1943 across the . . . — Map (db m94329) HM
106Virginia (Norfolk), Willoughby Spit — Battle, Monitor and Merrimack
On West Ocean View Avenue (Virginia Route 168) just east of Richview Street, in the median.
On March 9, 1862, the first battle between ironclad ships occurred in Hampton Roads when the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia (Merrimack) met in a naval engagement which opened the era of the armored warship. — Map (db m21215) HM
107Virginia (Norfolk), Willoughby Spit — Birthplace of Naval Aviation
On West Ocean View Avenue (Virginia Route 168) at Rallston Street, in the median on West Ocean View Avenue.
On Nov. 14, 1910, man proved that planes could fly from ships when a Curtiss Bi-Plan piloted by E. B. Ely took off from the deck of the cruiser U.S.S. Birhingham, at anchor off Old Point Comfort, flew two miles to Willoughby Spit and landed on the . . . — Map (db m33670) HM

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