"The Ghost Ships of Mothball Fleet" Topic
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| Tango01 | 07 Aug 2018 10:16 p.m. PST |
Good pictures here…
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Amicalement
Armand |
Oberlindes Sol LIC  | 08 Aug 2018 10:25 a.m. PST |
A 2011 article, Armand? You're usually so au courant. I have driven past the mothballed fleet, and flown over it in a small plane. It was pretty impressive. |
| Tango01 | 08 Aug 2018 11:07 a.m. PST |
Yes… still good pics to see!… (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| SBminisguy | 08 Aug 2018 11:22 a.m. PST |
Yep, though I drive across the Benicia Bridge which overlooks the anchorage of the Ghost Fleet fairly often, and it's basically gone. It was a local fixture for many years, then the Federal government and the State went on full court press to scrap the ships. California in particular did a lot of yawping about this being a victory for environment, of course. I remember taking boat tours as a kid to see the ships up close, and of course there was a lot of interest when the USS Iowa was anchored there for a while. |
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