Point Defiance (other)
Point Defiance may refer to: * Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, Washington, USA ** Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium within the park * USS ''Point Defiance'' (LSD-31), a dock landing ship * Point Defiance Elementary School, a school located within Tacoma, Washington * Point Defiance Bypass The Point Defiance Bypass (officially the Lakeview Subdivision) is a rail line between the cities of DuPont, Washington, DuPont and Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma in Pierce County, Washington, Pierce County, Washington (state), Washington. It was or ...

Point Defiance Park
Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, Washington, United States, is a large urban park. The park includes Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, the Rose Garden, Rhododendron Garden, beaches, trails, a boardwalk, a boathouse, a Washington State Ferries ferry dock for the Point Defiance-Tahlequah route to Vashon Island, Fort Nisqually, an off-leash dog park, and most notably a stand of old-growth forest. It receives more than three million visitors every year. Point Defiance Park is maintained and operated by Metro Parks Tacoma. Wildlife Point Defiance Park offers something for all its visitors, both wildlife and people. Not all the wild animals are confined inside Zoo & Aquarium. From high cliffs overlooking the Tacoma Narrows people can watch bald eagles feed on salmon runs passing through on the strong tidal currents. Their calls can be heard from their nests in the old growth forest that is preserved and make up the northern of the park. In winter, sea lions migrating from California feed i ...
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Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium (PDZA) is the only combined zoo and aquarium in the Pacific Northwest, located in Tacoma, Washington, US, owned by Metro Parks Tacoma. Situated on in Tacoma's Point Defiance Park, the zoo and aquarium are home to over 9,000 specimens representing 367 animal species. The zoo was founded in 1905; the aquarium was founded in 1935 near Commencement Bay and relocated within the zoo in 1963. Both are accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. In Pierce County, Washington, this is said to be one of the most popular tourist destinations. Bringing in over more than 600,000 visitors per year. History The Zoo was founded in 1905, and moved closer to its current location in 1914. The Point Defiance Park Aquarium opened on the waterfront in 1936 as an entity separate from the zoo. By the late 1940s, several Zoo buildings were in disrepair and had to be rebuilt. The 36-year-old animal house was demolished and a new one with sandstone walls and 3/4-inch- ...
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USS Point Defiance (LSD-31)
USS ''Point Defiance'' (LSD-31) was a of the United States Navy. She was named for Point Defiance, a location in Pierce County, Washington, the site of a military reservation established by the U.S. Government in 1866. She was the second ship assigned that name. The construction of the first ship, ''Point Defiance'' (LSD-23), was canceled on 17 August 1945. ''Point Defiance'' (LSD–31) was laid down on 23 November 1953 by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, Miss.; launched on 28 September 1954, sponsored by Mrs. Arthur D. Struble; and commissioned on 31 March 1955. Service history 1955–1962 Following shakedown in the Gulf of Mexico, the new dock landing ship arrived Long Beach, California, in July 1955 and joined Amphibious Squadron 7, Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet. After two deployments to the western Pacific, ''Point Defiance'' became one of the first rocket-launching surface ships to support the 1958 International Geophysical Year Solar Eclipse Expedition to ...
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Point Defiance Elementary School
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