Spring 2010 (Issue No. 47)

OLD NO. 9 -- SAVING A PIECE OF HISTORY

(OLD No. 9 photographs are courtesy of George Ridley, Professional Services Responder.  Thanks also go to Jerry Manson, Photographer for the Orange County Sheriff's Dept.)

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OLD NO. 9 -- SAVING A PIECE OF HISTORY  (Preview)

In early February, I received a note from California subscriber John Matthews containing a story that had to be shared with the Bone Yard Boats crew. John's note read: "Just received my Winter 2010 issue. Thought you might be interested in my just completed project. She is a 1942 Higgins built yard utility that was used as one of the submarine net tenders at the Seal Beach Weapons Station until the end of WWII. After that she came to the Harbor and was used as one of the first patrol boats, then later the first fireboat in the harbor."

A brief history lesson is in order here. As its name implies, the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station is a U.S. Navy ammunition storage and loading facility located 25 miles southeast of Los Angeles that was operational during WWII and still is today. With the threat of enemy submarines...

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