2025 USS Yosemite Association Annual Reunion
When: 23 April 2025 – 27 April 2025
Where: Charleston, South Carolina.
Address:
Crowne Plaza Charleston Airport – Conv Ctr
4831 Tanger Outlet Boulevard
North Charleston, South Carolina 29418
Signup as an Association Member or President’s Special Guest:
2025 USS Yosemite Association Reunion
- USS Yosemite Association Member: Members may include their Friends, Spouses, Children, and Relatives.
- President’s Special Guest: Nonmembers of the USS Yosemite Association must be sailors who served aboard the USS Yosemite. Guest may include their Friends, Spouses, Children, and Relatives.
I am pleased to announce our 2025 Reunion in Charleston, South Carolina.
Save these dates from April 23, 2025, through April 27, 2025. Join us in Charleston for camaraderie, tours, and our annual reunion.
For Hotel Reservations at Crowne Plaza Charleston Airport – Conv Ctr directly
USS Yosemite Association has already negotiated a discount rate with Crowne Plaza Charleston Airport – Conv Ctr with extra benefits for our Reunion.
FOR RESERVATIONS CALL (866)-358-6255 or (843)-744-4422 for the Crowne Plaza Charleston Airport – Conv Ctr.
When making Reservations, please state you are with the “USS Yosemite Group “and use code “UYA”
Rooms** for our Reunion are priced for Wednesday through Saturday at $159. Guests may arrive one day prior and stay longer for our special rate. Should you need an exception (arriving earlier than one day or staying longer), contact Bill Krug., at w.krugiii@gmail.com or his cell phone at (570) 878-2860.
**The room rate will include two breakfast buffet tickets per room.
Complete the 2025 Reunion Registration Form below.
The 2025 Reunion Registration Form
The 2025 Reunion Agenda
Mark your calendar for the 2025 Reunion.
If you have questions, please call Tina at (734) 308-0402 or email her at tinabriones@hotmail.com.
Tina Briones Smith ( USS Yosemite Association Secretary)
5107 Reagan Dr.
Murfreesboro, TN 37129
Two Tours in Charleston for Out 2025 USS Yosemite Reunion
This is the current tour information. Pricing will depend on the numbers. We will list the price for the Registration Form as if 25 people were going on the Tours.
USS Yosemite Reunion to Charleston. The following is a proposed itinerary for our Association.
Thursday, April 24, 2025
8:45 AM CCGS Guide & Motor Coach to meet guests at the Crowne Plaza Hotel
9 AM HISTORIC CHARLESTON TOUR
Tour Charleston, SC, one of the south’s most beautiful and historic cities. Your tour will begin at your hotel, where you will board your motor coach for a privately guided drive through the city’s historic district. Throughout the tour, your licensed guide will recount over 300 years of Charleston’s long and colorful history from 1670 to the present day with a blend of knowledge, wit, and humor. Topics discussed will include Charleston’s role in Colonial America, the American Revolution, the Southern Antebellum Era, the Civil War, and its current day status as one of the top travel destinations in the World.
Some landmarks include the Battery, Rainbow Row, St. Michael Church, the College of Charleston, and South Carolina’s famed military academy, the Citadel. Your guide will also point out early-day houses in Mazyck-Wraggborough and Harleston Village, magnificent public buildings like The Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon and the famous “Four Corners of Law” at the intersection of Meeting and Broad Street. We will also stop at the Battery for a brief walk through the park and some photo opportunities of Charleston’s scenic harbor. Your tour will end at the Old City Market, where you will have time for shopping, browsing, and lunch at one of Charleston’s many fine restaurants.
11:00 AM Free time in the City Market for lunch on your own, shopping & browsing
1:30 PM Depart for Crowne Plaza Hotel
2:00 PM End day at Crowne Plaza Hotel
Price: Minimum 25 Per Coach $75.00 Per Person Net
The preceding prices are inclusive, without gratuities for the guide and driver, which are left to the group’s discretion.
Friday, April 25, 2025
8:45 AM CCGS Guide & Motor Coach to meet guests at the Crowne Plaza Hotel
9:00 AM PATRIOTS POINT TOUR
Tour Patriots Point, one of the world’s largest naval and maritime museums. Visit the USS Yorktown, the famous fighting lady of World War II; the Destroyer Laffey, a participant in the World War II D-Day landings at Normandy; the Vietnam Era Naval Support Base with its Sea Cobra and Huey helicopters; and the newly renovated Congressional Medal of Honor museum.
9:30 AM Tour Patriots Point
12:30 PM Depart for Crowne Plaza Hotel
1:00 PM End day at Crowne Plaza Hotel
Price: Minimum 25 Per Coach $90.00 Per Person Net
The preceding prices are inclusive, without gratuities for the guide and driver, which are left to the group’s discretion.