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Went to San Pedro today and spent a little time on board the Lane Victory. She has been moved from her berth next to the cruise ship terminal under the Vincent Thomas bridge to the old fuel pier where Sansinena blew up in 1976.

I took a few pix and also some pix of the American Merchant Marine Memorial nearby.
 

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That is correct. They do it once or twice a year I think, and the air attack can depend on plane availability, but it is very cool. Not sure now, but pre-9/11 I did it with my family and we enjoyed it muchly. You could go through the wheelhouse ant take the wheel for a couple minutes, and tour the boiler/engine room. My kids loved it. There's a swing band playing and a lunch buffet on deck too.

It's a very nice little cruise.
 
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During the first few years I was involved with the BROWN, there was a bit of resentment to the O'BRIEN being the "only operating Liberty Ship" or oldest operating Liberty amongst the BROWN crew..

But the BROWN is older by 9 months (launched in Sept. 1942), whereas the O'BRIEN was launched in June 1943.. plus some other stuff.

I went aboard the O'BRIEN in 1994 and though it was nice, self-guided tours were a lot more restricted on that ship than on the BROWN.. pretty much the only places on the BROWN passengers can't get to are the no. 4 and 5 holds, which are used as storage and workshop areas..
 
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Is the engine room open on Brown? Lane Victory won't let you down there now, at least not without an escort...
During cruises, etc., the Engine Room is one of the most popular stops on the self-guided tour. On work days, etc., if there's someone from the engine room down there, then most likely you can get there.

Send me a PM and I'll give you the ship's telephone number.. call ahead to be safe and make arrangements to get down below.
 
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During cruises, etc., the Engine Room is one of the most popular stops on the self-guided tour. On work days, etc., if there's someone from the engine room down there, then most likely you can get there.

Send me a PM and I'll give you the ship's telephone number.. call ahead to be safe and make arrangements to get down below.
Thanks for the offer, but I'm on the west coast. I do have access to the website though.

I looked at the pix online. It's a beautiful ship..
 
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This will probably give you more flashbacks.. a link to some videos that I shot in the BROWN's engine room in May 2010.. we were to go out on the Chesapeake Bay for a cruise but the wind conditions were such that the master of the BROWN cancelled the cruise. They kept the BROWN pierside for those passengers who wanted to stay aboard for a few hours, etc.

The quality isn't the greatest as I took the videos on my digital camera.. but hey.. close enough for darnit as my wife says -

http://ss481.com/misc/video/index.htm
 
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ssr481: I've piloted the Jeremiah O'Brien around San Francisco Bay and upriver to Stockton and Sacramento many times, and they always make a special effort to open up the engine room. I recall several years ago when there was talk on the ship of closing it off to guests due to the inherent danger, but the Captain and Chief Engineer were adament that it remain open as they felt it was very important for the public to see the engine. When I had my two daughters aboard and we were going to manuever, I'd always have them go below to watch the engineers roll the engine back and forth as I used the plant to turn around without tug assist. Now that I'm retired, I can't pilot her, and I really miss it.
 
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