Patriots Point, Military and maritime museum in Mount Pleasant, United States.

Patriots Point is a military and maritime museum in Mount Pleasant with extensive collections of military vessels displayed in Charleston Harbor. The aircraft carrier USS Yorktown and destroyer USS Laffey are among the main attractions and can be explored by visitors.

The museum grew from an idea by former naval officer Charles F. Hyatt to turn a dredged-mud dump into a major attraction. USS Yorktown (CV-10), commissioned in 1943 and a veteran of Pacific campaigns and Apollo 8 recovery, arrived in 1975 and opened to the public on 3 January 1976. USS Laffey joined in 1978, followed by USS Clamagore and NS Savannah in 1981.

The Medal of Honor Museum aboard USS Yorktown honors American military personnel who received the highest recognition for valor from the Civil War through modern conflicts.

The ships are reached by stairs and narrow passages, so visitors need reasonable mobility. Coming early in the day or on weekdays helps avoid crowds. The carrier's flight deck and the destroyer piers sit along the Cooper River waterfront, with the ships moored close together.

The Vietnam Experience, opened in 1993, is a landside replica of a Vietnam War-era naval base. It sits on ground that was once a dump for dredged mud, the site former naval officer Charles F. Hyatt proposed turning into a major attraction.