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wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts)
1. I like San Fran also. Have you seen the swimmers in the bay who swim in Speedo's in the winter?
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 07:26 PM
Jun 2019

They are not far from that ship

yuiyoshida

(41,762 posts)
2. Yes but our winters are normally mild now
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 08:41 PM
Jun 2019

(Probably due to climate change) It barely rains here at winter time.. it does get windy and lately there has been a lot of grass fires.. up on the hills of Oakland.



mulsh

(2,959 posts)
3. My father served on the USS Diablo, a very similar sub, during part of WWII, as luck would have it I
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 01:11 AM
Jun 2019

toured the Pampanito the day after it opened. I started the tour with a couple of Pentagon officials and vets who, when I mentioned my Dad's sub service insisted I accompany them. We crawled all over that ship, spending about four hours total. I've taken a few people there over the years but never have been able to ignore restrictions as we did that day.

IF you're in SF skip Fisherman's waft and head to the National Matiime Park, it's one of the few tourist attractions that isn't a rip off

[link:https://maritime.org/|

Brother Buzz

(36,214 posts)
8. A friend of mine was the librarian at the Maritime museum back when it was a private institution
Mon Jun 10, 2019, 01:53 PM
Jun 2019

He was making, like, a whopping four bucks an hour, and just getting by, but he loves the job and was good at it.

Boy howdy, he was blown away when it was transferred to the government and he became a GS 15 employee overnight; he was in high cotton

Submariner

(12,485 posts)
4. The Pampanito (SS-383) is a Balao class diesel electric sub
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 08:44 AM
Jun 2019

If you can't make it to the west coast, when on the Philly waterfront, visit an identical Balao class boat, the Becuna (SS-319).

I spent 3 days slamming off 70 foot waves into the troughs southeast of Bermuda. We re-invented the term sea sickness and dry heaving on that trip.

http://www.phillyseaport.org/becuna

Brother Buzz

(36,214 posts)
9. I'd give a shout out to the SS Jeremiah O'Brien, too
Mon Jun 10, 2019, 02:57 PM
Jun 2019
The SS Jeremiah O'Brien is one of two remaining fully functional Liberty ships of the 2,710 built and launched during World War II. The O'Brien has the distinction of being the last unaltered Liberty ship and remains historically accurate. Moored at Pier 45, Fisherman's Wharf, she is a premier San Francisco attraction.


Granted the USS Pampanito is front loaded with bling, but the SS Jeremiah O'Brien has a lot to offer for the mechanical inclined: STEAM!

Where else can you examine a fully functional 'Old School' Triple expansion engine, or follow all the steam pipes to see what they do.




I remember seeing it steam every Memorial day.
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