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Palo Alto (Tanker) Palo Alto was a concrete ship built as a tanker at the end of World War I. She was built by the San Francisco Shipbuilding Company at the U.S. Naval Shipyard in Oakland, California. She was launched on May 29th, 1919, too late to see service in the war. Her sister ship is the USS Peralta. She was mothballed in Oakland until 1929, when she was bought by a Nevada company and towed to Seacliff State Beach in Aptos, California. There she was refitted as an amusement ship, with amenities including, a dance floor, swimming pool and a caf. A pier was built leading to the ship, and she was sunk a few feet in the water so her keel rested on the bottom. The company went bankrupt 2 years later and the ship cracked at the mid section. She was stripped of her fittings and left as a fishing pier. Eventually she deteriorated to the point were she was unsafe for even this use and was closed to the public. Today she remains at Seacliff Beach and serves as an artificial reef for marine life. Also See http://www.concreteships.org/ships/ww1/paloalto/ http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=543 Forever Facing South, The story of the S.S. Palo Alto "The Old Cement Ship" of Seacliff Beach ISBN 0961768134 Palo Alto Image Gallery
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