Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
USS Pampanito
Dive, dive, dive! Head into the belly of a restored
WWII US Navy submarine
(
415-775-1943;
www.maritime.org/pamphome.htm
; Pier 45; adult/child $12/6; 9am-8pm Thu-Tue, to 6pm Wed;
)
that sunk six Japanese ships (including two carrying British and Australian POWs). Sub-
mariners' stories of tense moments in underwater stealth mode will have you holding your
breath - caution, claustrophobes - and all those brass knobs and hydraulic valves make
21st-century technology seem overrated.
Aquarium of the Bay
Take a long walk off a short pier right into the bay, and stay perfectly safe and dry as
sharks circle, manta rays flutter and schools of fish flit overhead. The
aquarium
(
www.aquariumofthebay.com
;
Pier 39; adult/child/family $18/10/50;
9am-8pm summer, 10am-6pm winter;
)
is built right into the bay, and a conveyor belt transports you through underwater glass
tubes for an up-close look at local aquaculture.
