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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera (Post 11089501)

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Which one's that?

I did some volunteer work on this one a while back ....

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Looks somewhat like a Liberty Ship.
Was it a survivor from the the Ghost Fleet removed (or scrapped) from SF Suisun Bay in 2017?
https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/california/articles/7-incredible-facts-about-the-bay-areas-diminishing-ghost-fleet/

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Originally Posted by sammyg2 (Post 11089527)

Which one's that?

I did some volunteer work on this one a while back...

That is really neat.

My fathers Dad was a civil engineer and worked at the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California during WWII building Liberties and working on other ships.

He was an expert welder and they valued that talent more than his engineering skills - he taught a lot of people how to weld:D

Great dude. 5'9" Scotsman with a hair trigger.

Pretty sure this is the one Glenn posted, made in Richmond.
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The SS lane victory was built in the port of Los Angeles.
Remember the movie Sand Pebbles with Steve McQueen?
The hollywood mock engine from the san Pablo in the movie where the coolie gets killed is on the Lane Victory.

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Lane Victory has been used in many movies, TV shows and commercials because of her excellent working condition.[12]
The ship's wakes were used in the 1997 blockbuster movie Titanic for the titular ocean liner's wakes.[13]
She also served as the setting for the climax of the comedy film The Pest the same year.
Other films in which the ship appeared are: Black Ops (Deadwater) (2008), Flags of Our Fathers (2006), GI Jane (1997), Pearl Harbor (2001), The Thin Red Line (1998) and U-571 (2000). (note: this is a partial list)

Some TV shows she was featured in are: Alias, Baywatch, California Gold, Mail Call (episode #70), MacGyver, Murder She Wrote, the National Geographic Channel, NCIS, Port Chicago Mutiny (TV movie), Return of the Pirates (History Channel), Special Ops Mission and Unsolved Mysteries. In the Season 6 King of the Hill episode "Returning Japanese: Part 2" (2002), Cotton is sent back to the U.S. aboard Lane Victory. (note: this is a partial list)

In 1999 the ship was used in a Ford Super Duty commercial and Disney's "Golden Dreams" commercial. (note: this is a partial list)

The engine housed in Lane Victory's forward hold exhibit space was used as the engine for the fictitious gunboat USS San Pablo in The Sand Pebbles (1966).[14]

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It is so cool that those ships have not only survived, but are restored and fully functional.

For sure one of the many pieces of the puzzle that won WW2 for the good guys. Imagine, they built one entire Liberty ship on ONE DAY! Just to prove it can be done.

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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera (Post 11090503)

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Am I an airplane nut or what?
I see this picture, and... "Hey! A Helio Courier. On floats."

Another floatplane, just to post another picture. (Cessna 206)
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The eagle was on a perch about 10 feet off the water when I spotted him, allowed me to get within 100 feet but I spooked him/her when I got my camera out of the waterproof kayak console.

Flew up in a tree then took off again, not allowing me to get that close again.

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