SS Red Oak Victory

[westmorland]

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

Here's a video showing them lighting the boilers: 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

[MarkH]

That's pretty cool.