Navy Town
In the foreground the port elevator of the Aircraft Carrier USS Midway (now a museum) with an A4 Crusader Navy Aircraft on it.
In the background the Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Ronald Reagan and the new littoral combat ship USS Coronado.
The two ships are berthed in front of Naval Air Station North Island.
On the left Tuna Harbor Park with the Unconditional Surrender Statue, popularly known as the Kiss Statue.
The park also has a memorial for the USS San Diego, a World War II light cruiser that is the second most decorated ship in U.S. History.
The cruiser engaged the enemy on 34 different occasions and cruised 300,000 miles (480,000 km) in the Pacific without losing a man.
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