Lake Champlain exhibit

From: Sea Classics | Date: January 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, Vermont, responded to a request from the USS Lake Champlain (CG-57) for an exhibit that will tour the world. The Museum came up with the idea of designing museum-type exhibit panels that would cover the history of Lake Champlain, the two previous vessels named Lake Champlain and the current USS Lake Champlain.

Our curiosity about the second ship of that name revealed that carrier was christened and commissioned on the same day, 3 june 1945. "The Champ" served in World War Two, the Korean War, and the Cold War-era. It was best known for its role ...

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