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 Alma in Morro Bay Maritime Museum
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| Owner |
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| Builder | Beviacqua Brothers Genoa Boat Works, San Francisco |
| Completed | 1927 |
| In service | 1927-1995 |
| Status | Museum ship at Morro Bay Maritime Museum in Morro Bay, California. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Tugboat |
| Length | 48 ft (15 m) |
| Beam | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Draft | 5.2 ft (1.6 m) |
Alma is Tugboat museum ship at the Morro Bay Maritime Museum in Morro Bay, California. Alma was built in 1912 in San Francisco by the Beviacqua Brothers Genoa Boat Works near Fisherman’s Wharf. Alma is small harbor tug, built out of wood, with sawn oak frames and Cedar planks. The former owners of Sylvester’s Tug Service, the Kelsey Family, donated Alma in 1995 to the museum. No long in Tug business, the Kelsey family now runs the Kelsey See Canyon Vineyards near Avila Beach. In June 2016 restoration work on Alma was compelted, Keith Kelsey that worked on the Alma was there. Alma restoration work was done by the Central Coast Maritime Museum Association. Funding for the restoration work came from the Hind Foundation. Before her 1995 retirement, Alma operated out of Morro Bay.
World War II
Main article: SS MontebelloAlma made history on December 23, 1941 in the morning. Japanese submarine I-21 torpedoed attacked and sank the Union Oil tanker SS Montebello at the near the start of World War II. The SS Montebello has departed Port San Luis with crude oil bound for Vancouver BC, Canada. Alma departed her mooring at the Cayucos Pier to look for survivors of the sunken Oil tanker. The 400-foot Montebello sank six miles offshore just north of Cambria, California. The Alma was able to pick up two of Montebello lifeboats with 22 men and took them back to Cayucos. That day the captain of the Alma was Merle Molinari. Another tug towed one of the other lifeboats to shore. The four and last lifeboat was able to go shore on it own. The Montebello has thirty-three survivors. The Montebello is under in 880 feet of water off the coast of Cambria.The shipwreck was listed on the US National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
See also
References
- https://judysalamacha.com/2018/12/27/morro-bay-maritime-museum-after-20-plus-years-a-dream-becomes-reality/
- https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/community/cambrian/article81152587.html
- "The Fleet – Morro Bay". Morro Bay Maritime Museum. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- https://morrobaymaritime.org/audio-exhibits/
- "U.S. Tanker Sunk By Jap Torpedo". The Spokesman-Review. 24 December 1941. p. 24. Retrieved 15 September 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Captain Tells of Torpedoing". Ventura County Star-Free Press. 23 December 1941. p. 1. Retrieved 15 September 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- Olof Ekstrom (30 December 1941). Report of Casualty (Report). Port San Luis: Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Customs.
- https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/community/cambrian/article81152587.html#storylink=cpy
35°22′14″N 120°51′20″W / 35.37049°N 120.85544°W / 35.37049; -120.85544 (Alma)
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