| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco |
| Operators |
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| Built | 1922-1923 |
| In service | 1922-1969 |
| Building | 3 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Retired | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | auto/automobile ferry[1] |
| Tonnage |
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| Length | 216.7 ft (66.1 m) |
| Beam | 42.1 ft (12.8 m) |
| Depth | 17.3 ft (5.3 m) |
| Installed power | Total 1,400 hp (1,000 kW) from 3 water tube boilers |
| Propulsion | 3-cylinder triple expansion engine powering a single screw |
| Speed | 10 kn (19 km/h) |
| Capacity | 80 vehicles |
Six Minute Ferry operated an automobile ferry service across Carquinez Strait on the main highway between Sacramento and Oakland, California. Each crossing near the present Interstate 80 bridge took approximately 6 minutes. As automobile travel became increasingly popular, the company ordered some new steel ferries in 1921. The ferry company went out of business while the ferries were under construction after a March 1922 landslide destroyed the Six Minute Ferry north shore terminal on Morrow Cove. Southern Pacific Transportation Company purchased the ferries ordered by Six Minute Ferry and placed them in service between San Francisco and Oakland. The three ferries remained in service on various San Francisco Bay routes until completion of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge in 1936 and the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937.[2]
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Princess and the Pea - Fairy Tale Time at Cool School!
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The Mike Ferry "One Minute" Listing Presentation!
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Hello there children. Have a seat! Or stand. Do what you like! It's cool schools' fairy tale time. Our tale is one of vegetables and princesses. Yes! It's the princess and the pea! Lovely. Once upon a time, there was a very picky prince. His socks had to match his shirt, or he wouldn't leave the castle. AND, he would only eat his peas if they were served with baby carrots and a side of ranch dressing and a pickle. Very particular. His bed pillows had to be fluffed exactly six times each before he could even think about going to bed. That little prince grew up and it was time for him to find a princess and get married. But like always, he was very, very picky. "No, too tall! Too short. Nostrils are too big." "Do you prefer dogs or cats? Wrong!" "I like hamsters. Next. What do you like on your pizza?" "Pineapple?! Ew! Who do you like better? Spiderman or The Flash? My Little Pony?!" "Wrong answer. Can you rub your tummy and pat your head at the same time?" Next!" "Who does he think he is, a prince?" Well, actually, yes. Then one night, a terrible thunderstorm was raging outside.. A girl who said she was a princess, but was late because of the rainstorm and her shoe falling off in a puddle and her getting a blister on a big toe.. Well, anyway, she came to the castle door. "Oh my gosh I'm so sorry to bother you but it's literally raining cats and dogs out there and I really must change into some dry clothes. Plus, the rain makes my hair like totally frizzy and I just can't deal with that." But the prince liked her. Because he also didn't like it when his hair got frizzy. He told her to come in and he quickly asked her the important questions one needs to ask when they're picking out a princess. "What do you like better cats or dogs?" "I prefer hamsters, haha." "What do you like on your pizza?" my nothing never driven a pair Tara "Spiderman or The Flash?" "Duh. Spiderman." And she could totally rub her tummy well padding ahead While standing on one foot! Wow! The prince really liked her, but he thought she was too good to be true. He just didn't believe she was actually a real princess. He did what any good prince does when he doesn't know what to do.. He asked his mom, the Queen. She did a quick check on Google. "Oh yes! The classic pea test." The Queen placed one tiny little green pea underneath the mattress in the guest bedroom. If she's a real princess, then she'd feel the pea and wouldn't be able to sleep. Just to be really, extra, super duper, 100%, positively, completely sure the Queen added another few mattresses and lots of soft feather mattress toppers and out of habit, fluffed the pillows 6 times each. That night, the princess could not sleep at all. Perhaps it was the rainstorm outside, or maybe a bad dream, or maybe it was the pea! The next morning when they gathered for breakfast, the young lady couldn't stop yawning. "How did you sleep my dear?" "Well the room room was lovely, and the pillows were like perfectly fluffed, but there was this huge bump, like right in the middle of my back, it was terrible. I thought it was a huge rock, and it kept me tossing and turning all night. Well, I did some digging, and I found this. A pea!" "A pea, you say?" "I quite love peas." "Oh, so do I. But only with baby carrots and a little ranch dip on the side and maybe a pickle." "Mom, it's her! She's the one. The perfect princess!" The girl was not only a total princess, she turned out to have a mega-ton in common with the prince. They were both very picky, but, they were very picky about all the same things so they had to get married. Everyone at the wedding agreed they were a perfect pair. Well not that kind of pear. Anyway, they would just like peas and carrots. With the little ranch dip of course. Kind of a fairytale ending don't you think? "But hey, don't go away yet. What fairytale do you want to see next on fairytale time at Cool School?" "Put your ideas in the comments below." "Click right over here to watch Rapunzel and right over here for Sleeping Beauty with Miss Booksy." "Too-da-loo boys and girls!"
San Mateo
San Mateo (documentation number 222386) was launched on 9 May 1922 and delivered to Southern Pacific on 21 July. After 18 years on San Francisco Bay, Puget Sound Navigation Company purchased San Mateo in 1940. She became part of the Washington State Ferry System in 1951 and was the last steam ferry on Puget sound when retired in 1969.[3] She has since been scrapped in the Fraser River.
Shasta
Shasta (documentation number 222598) was launched on 5 October 1922 and delivered to Southern Pacific on 18 November. After 18 years on San Francisco Bay, Puget Sound Navigation Company purchased Shasta in 1940. She became part of the Washington State Ferry System in 1951 and, following retirement in 1959, was towed to Portland, Oregon, for use as a restaurant.[3]
Yosemite
Yosemite (documentation number 222722) was launched on 19 October 1922 and delivered to Southern Pacific on 25 January 1923. After 16 years on San Francisco Bay, the Argentina-Uruguayan Navigation Touring Company purchased Yosemite for $70,000 in 1939, and paid Bethlehem Shipbuilding $35,000 to modify the ferry to reach the Rio de la Plata under its own power. The ferry was renamed Argentina and equipped with structural reinforcement, new keels, additional fuel and water tanks, a radio, and quarters for a 21-man crew. Captain Eduardo M. Saez of the Uruguayan Navy sailed from San Francisco on 16 April 1940 on a 9,000 mile (15,000 km) voyage to Montevideo via the Panama Canal. The trip taking 50 days was thought to be the longest for any ferry operating under its own power. After serving a few years on a 30-mile (50 km) route across the Rio de la Plata, Argentina was converted to a barge which sank in 1948.[4]
References
- ^ Ford, Robert S. Red Trains in the East Bay (1977). Interurban Press. ISBN 0-916374-27-0 pp. 344 and 346.
- ^ Ford, Robert S. Red Trains in the East Bay (1977). Interurban Press. ISBN 0-916374-27-0. p. 163
- ^ a b Ford, Robert S. Red Trains in the East Bay (1977). Interurban Press. ISBN 0-916374-27-0. pp. 163 and 348.
- ^ Ford, Robert S. Red Trains in the East Bay (1977). Interurban Press. ISBN 0-916374-27-0. pp. 163, 213 and 342.
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