23 August 2018:
A friend had two groupons for visit to a WWII Merchant Marine supply ship, and so we had a pleasant 3 1/2 hours wandering around this ship. It is generally in running order (except both boilers are undergoing repairs right now). When it resumes operations, it is used to take tourists out and around Catalina Island, or it is used in movies. When docked, it acts as a museum and for $7 or so you can wander around it at your leisure. This one was built in Long Beach in 1945, and saw brief service in WWII until that war ended. It then served in the Korean conflict and in Vietnam.
It has great potential for photography, and so maybe some day I will go back and just photograph around the ship. We were promised a personal tour of the engine room when we return!
Canon 5D
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