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The USS Yorktown (CV-10) at Patriots Point
Naval and Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant. The Yorktown,
commissioned in 1943 was named for the USS Yorktown (CV-5)
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Website : www.sc.gov |
Capital
: Columbia |
Highest
point : Sassafras Mountain, 3,560 feet
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Area : 32,007 square miles,
40th largest state |
Population : 4,012,012
(2000 US census) |
Motto
: Dum spiro spero
(While I beath, I hope) |
Admitted to
Union : May 23, 1788 |
State
Song : "Carolina" |
State Bird : Carolina
Wren |
State Flower : Yellow Jessamine
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State Tree : Palmeto
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