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USS Crescant City - 4/18/2009 4:46:01 AM

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Hello, several months ago I went back to Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, Ca to check out where I used to work. It was very depressing to see how run down and abandoned she is now compared to the spit and polish I remember. As I was driving up there was this fine looking ship tied up to the pier. I asked the guard there, and he said she is the USS Crescent City AP-40. I was shocked because I thought these ships were scraped decades ago. I thought you all might like to see some pictures of her.

PS, hope this works first time posting pic's

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RE: USS Crescant City - 4/18/2009 4:46:45 AM

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RE: USS Crescant City - 4/18/2009 4:47:15 AM

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RE: USS Crescant City - 4/18/2009 4:50:58 AM

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Shoot, come to think of it is should have pulled a Brady and posted this as a Name this AE!

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RE: USS Crescant City - 4/18/2009 5:14:59 AM

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That's the one troopship my Grandfather remembered fondly during WW2. He rode on it several times (1st USMC Div & 4th USMC Def Btn, Solomons 42 - 43). The rest of them, he didn't have kind word for.

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RE: USS Crescant City - 4/18/2009 5:17:45 AM

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She looks like she's in good shape. Do you know her latest disposition? Bound for the scap heap?

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RE: USS Crescant City - 4/18/2009 5:21:32 AM

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She looks like she's in good shape. Do you know her latest disposition? Bound for the scap heap?

"In 1999, the former USS Crescent City was moved to Oakland, California, for use as a cultural center, under the name Artship."

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RE: USS Crescant City - 4/18/2009 5:32:49 AM

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She looks like she's in good shape. Do you know her latest disposition? Bound for the scap heap?

"In 1999, the former USS Crescent City was moved to Oakland, California, for use as a cultural center, under the name Artship."

Well at least 'something' saved that ship from the heap.......

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RE: USS Crescant City - 4/18/2009 5:34:27 AM

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According to Wiki, the vessel was due to scrapped, but this was halted due to high PCB levels and because she was considered too historic. She is now privately owned and may be converted to a luxury hotel & museum.

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RE: USS Crescant City - 4/18/2009 5:59:06 AM

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VERY cool. Nice pictures and information.

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RE: USS Crescant City - 4/18/2009 8:10:44 AM

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Hello, several months ago I went back to Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, Ca to check out where I used to work. It was very depressing to see how run down and abandoned she is now compared to the spit and polish I remember. As I was driving up there was this fine looking ship tied up to the pier. I asked the guard there, and he said she is the USS Crescent City AP-40. I was shocked because I thought these ships were scraped decades ago. I thought you all might like to see some pictures of her.

My mother was stationed at Mare Island during WW2 and has fond memories of the place. I went to Nuclear Power School there in 1970 (class 70-1) and my fond memories are of the strip club about two blocks off base. I went to that den of sin for cultural and art purposes.

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RE: USS Crescant City - 4/18/2009 8:24:25 AM

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She's too loaded with PCBs to scrap, but they'll allow her to be turned into a hotel and museum?

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RE: USS Crescant City - 4/18/2009 8:34:30 AM

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RE: USS Crescant City - 4/20/2009 1:01:18 AM

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Hello, several months ago I went back to Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, Ca to check out where I used to work. It was very depressing to see how run down and abandoned she is now compared to the spit and polish I remember. As I was driving up there was this fine looking ship tied up to the pier. I asked the guard there, and he said she is the USS Crescent City AP-40. I was shocked because I thought these ships were scraped decades ago. I thought you all might like to see some pictures of her.

My mother was stationed at Mare Island during WW2 and has fond memories of the place. I went to Nuclear Power School there in 1970 (class 70-1) and my fond memories are of the strip club about two blocks off base. I went to that den of sin for cultural and art purposes.

Of course such clubs are for cultural purposes, what else could they be used for ?

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RE: USS Crescant City - 4/20/2009 3:10:08 AM

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Of course such clubs are for cultural purposes, what else could they be used for ?

Provide emotional support to your local stripper? I think the name of the place was Peanuts. We used to go to Tony's Depot Club first and have a shot and a beer. Tony's was next to the bus station. A shot and a beer during happy hour was a quarter. The shot came from a bottle with a name I cant recall but we called it Old Smothie. There was a line of these bottles behind the bar and each was a different shade. The beer was Olympia. A couple of those and a few pickled eggs and we were set for the weekend.

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RE: USS Crescant City - 4/20/2009 3:34:15 PM

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Hello, several months ago I went back to Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, Ca to check out where I used to work. It was very depressing to see how run down and abandoned she is now compared to the spit and polish I remember. As I was driving up there was this fine looking ship tied up to the pier. I asked the guard there, and he said she is the USS Crescent City AP-40. I was shocked because I thought these ships were scraped decades ago. I thought you all might like to see some pictures of her.

My mother was stationed at Mare Island during WW2 and has fond memories of the place. I went to Nuclear Power School there in 1970 (class 70-1) and my fond memories are of the strip club about two blocks off base. I went to that den of sin for cultural and art purposes.

After a WestPAC deployment my ship returned to Mare Island in the fall of 1970. It spent a yeat and ahalf there for refueling. Vallejo was a big navy town. Even the Pizza joints were topless and bottomless. We had it planned out so that we could hit happy hours from club to club 4pm to 9pm each night.
I live about 45 minutes from Vallejo and it was painful to watch the base reduced from a thriving surface and submarine facility to what it is today.

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RE: USS Crescant City - 4/20/2009 7:59:15 PM

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After a WestPAC deployment my ship returned to Mare Island in the fall of 1970. It spent a yeat and ahalf there for refueling. Vallejo was a big navy town. Even the Pizza joints were topless and bottomless. We had it planned out so that we could hit happy hours from club to club 4pm to 9pm each night.
I live about 45 minutes from Vallejo and it was painful to watch the base reduced from a thriving surface and submarine facility to what it is today.

We just missed each other. I arrived Jan 1, 1970 and left at the end of June for Idaho Falls, Idaho. I spent too many long hours studying nuclear physics and chemistry to miss the place! After my enlistment, when I returned to college I received two years of math and science credits for the six months spent there.

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