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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: westmorland on August 26, 2018, 07:19:18 PM

Title: SS Red Oak Victory
Post by: westmorland on August 26, 2018, 07:19:18 PM

Hopefully this is ok to post here.

The SS Red Oak Victory, the last surviving Victory ship built in the Richmond CA Kaiser Shipyards, just had an overhaul completed on her boilers in preparation for getting her running under her own steam again.   I got a chance to visit this ship a few years back and had a tour of the engine room from one of the docents, since I was the only person on board for a tour and I actually knew something about the history of the shipyards and Henry Kaiser.  If you have a chance, it's worth a visit.

Article: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/nativeson/article/Full-steam-ahead-as-SS-Red-Oak-Victory-ship-13181875.php (https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/nativeson/article/Full-steam-ahead-as-SS-Red-Oak-Victory-ship-13181875.php)

Here's a video showing them lighting the boilers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F61vEE-xcaw&t=3s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F61vEE-xcaw&t=3s)

and a nice video about the history of the ship https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=7U1Qz9zqu2Y (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=7U1Qz9zqu2Y)

Title: Re: SS Red Oak Victory
Post by: MarkH on August 26, 2018, 07:41:49 PM

That's pretty cool.