Grey clouds sunny day view ferry boat moored Pier 43 and a half, historic ships moored Pier 45, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco
The Red and White Fleet, operating since 1892, often cruises of San Francisco Bay, to the Golden Gate Bridge and around Alcatraz Island. The medium-sized Harbor Princess, with a the characteristic red and white bow splash of the fleet, was built in 1959. Its sister ship is 'Harbor Queen'. The fleet runs bay cruises from Pier 43 and a half, Fisherman's Wharf. Moored right background, at Pier 45, are the historical USS Pampanito submarine and SS Jeremiah O' Brien Liberty Ship. The SS Jeremiah O'Brien, at Pier 45. Fisherman's Wharf, is one of two remaining fully functional, World War 2 Liberty Ships. The ship, one of 2710 built and launched during World War 2, was built in 1943 at South Portland, Maine, by the New England Shipbuilding Corporation. It was named after the first American to capture a British naval vessel during the Revolutionary War (War of Independence). The Jeremiah O'Brien made seven voyages during World War 2, ranging from England and Northern Ireland to South America, India and Australia. The ship also made eleven crossings of the English Channel carrying personnel and supplies to the Normandy beaches in support of the D-Day Landings. The O'Brien was mothballed after the war and saved from the scrapyard in 1979. Liberty Ships were quick and easy to build, moving at a slow knots ( mph) and having a 4-inch (102 mm) stem mounted deck gun for use against surface submarines. The USS Pampanito is a Balao-class diesel-electric submarine, launched 12 July 1943 at the Portsmouth Yard, Kittery, Maine. Sinking six Japanese ships and damaging four others, the submarine completed six war patrols in the Pacific 1944-1945, serving as a Naval Reserve Training Ship 1960-1971. The plants in the foreground include the pink flowers of the California Rose (Rosa californica).
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Location: Pier 43 and a half, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, California, USA
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
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