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tour almost the entire ship—don't
miss the flying bridge, the cozy cap-
tain's quarters, and the impressive
engine room with its
massive
steam
pipes.
@
30 min. Pier 45.
y
415/
544-0100. www.ssjeremiahobrien.org.
Admission $7, $5 seniors, $4 kids
6-14, free military with ID & kids under
6, $20 for family with 2 adults & up to
4 kids under 18. Daily 10am-4pm.
3
★
USS Pampanito.
On her six
Pacific tours in WWII, this submarine
sank six Japanese ships and dam-
aged four others, and also helped
save 73 British and Australian
prisoners of war. The intriguing
20-minute audio tour through the
cramped quarters is narrated by for-
mer crew members.
@
45 min. Pier
45.
y
415/775-1943. www.maritime.
org. Admission (including audio tour)
$9, $5 seniors, $3 children 6-12. The
$20 family pass for 2 adults & up to 4
kids under 18 includes admission to
Hyde St. Pier ships (reviewed below).
Sun-Thurs 9am-6pm, Fri-Sat
9am-8pm; summer Thurs-Tues 9am-
8pm, Wed 9am-6pm.
4
★★★
Hyde Street Pier.
This
lovely pier houses eight historic,
refurbished ships, three of which
you can tour. The majestic
Balclutha,
one of the few remaining square-
riggers, took her maiden voyage
from Cardiff, Wales, in 1887, and
over the course of her working life,
carried coal, wheat, lumber, and
canned salmon from Alaska.
In retirement she appeared in the
film
Mutiny on the Bounty.
The cap-
tain's quarters, with the picture of
his daughter “Inda Francis” (born
onboard on a trip from India to San
Francisco), are particularly com-
pelling. The 1890 steam ferryboat
Eureka
was the last of 50 paddle-
wheel ferries that regularly plied the
bay, making its final trip in 1957. The
restored 300-foot-long (91m) side-
wheeler is loaded with deck cargo,
including a sizable collection of
antique cars and trucks. The third
boat currently on display is the
1907 oceangoing tugboat
Hercules.
@
25 min. Jefferson & Hyde sts.
y
415/561-6662. www.maritime.org.
Admission to walk on pier: free.
Admission to board ships: $5, free
for children under 16. Daily 9:30am-
5pm; summer until 5:30pm.
5
National Maritime Histori-
cal Park Visitors Center.
Ta k e a
moment to step inside this intrigu-
ing visitor center, housed in a refur-
bished wing of the Cannery, once
the site of a major canning facility
that packed up California produce
bound for export. The visitor center
contains wooden models of the
Hyde Street pier boats and hosts
Tour the ships at the Hyde Street Pier.
