Cement ship SS Palo Alto in Aptos, CA

The SS Palo Alto, aka “the cement ship” was permanently docked in 1930 at the end of a pier in Aptos, CA (where I grew up), and served as a resort gambling and dance destination for a year before storm damage made it usable for nothing more than a fishing spot.

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Cement ship, Aptos, California

Cement ship USS Palo Alto, in its final testing place off the beach in Aptos, California.

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