Fluidr / Michael Layefsky's "Boats at Richmond Shipyard No. 3" set

Shipyard chaos

N 12 B 4.9K C 8 E Oct 5, 2007 F Oct 5, 2007

G United States > California > Contra Costa > Point Richmond >

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Taken by a camera lofted by a kite at Richmond Shipyard No. 3.

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Decaying sea tugs

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N 48 B 8.0K C 33 E Mar 25, 2010 F Mar 26, 2010

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The USS Moctobi (ATF-105) and USS Quapaw (ATF-110), now renamed Lion and Tiger, are naval ocean tugs which were commissioned during World War II. They also served in the Korean and Vietnam wars. They were decommissioned in 1985.

They have been slowly decaying in Richmond Shipyard No. 3, the old Kaiser Shipyard, for many years.

Taken by a camera lofted by a kite.

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Tugboats at the old Kaiser Shipyard

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N 0 B 1.2K C 0 E Mar 25, 2010 F Mar 30, 2010

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Richmond Shipyard No. 3

N 13 B 5.5K C 11 E May 31, 2007 F May 31, 2007

G > Point Richmond >

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All sorts of interesting things can be seen at Shipyard No. 3, including the Wapama (center), the last wooden steam schooner built (1915), and the SS Red Oak Victory Ship (upper left).

Additional information can be found here: www.rosietheriveter.org/shipyard3.htm

and here: www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archiv...

Taken by a camera lofted by a kite.

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The USS Horne, now just a memory....

N 4 B 2.0K C 9 E May 3, 2008 F Aug 5, 2008

G United States > California > Contra Costa > Richmond >

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The Horne was sunk as part of RIMPAC naval exercises on July 14, 2008. It was 547 ft. long, and had a variety of armaments when it was active, including surface to air missiles and topedos. To guage its enormity, there are 2 people visible in this photograph. One is on the dock toward the upper left edge of the image, the other is to the right of the surface to air missile launcher, slightly forward of mid-ship.

Thanks to Scott Haefner for showing me that I could create a panorama of 2 stitched images to create a single image of the entire ship.

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