A tugboat tows the decommissioned aircraft carrier Midway into San Diego bay.

San Diego, Calif. (Jan. 05, 2004) A tugboat tows the decommissioned aircraft carrier Midway into San Diego bay. Midway will be moored temporarily at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., to take-on restored historical aircraft and will soon be homeported across the bay in San Diego, as the centerpiece for our nation's biggest museum devoted to carriers and naval aviation. When commissioned on September 10, 1945 as USS Midway (CVB-41) she was the largest carrier ever put to sea. For more information on her history with the U.S Navy go to the following link: http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv41-midway/cv41-midway.html. U.S. Navy photo By Photographer's Mate Airman Rebecca J. Moat. File# 040105-N-8629M-001