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The M/V San Francisco Belle, a paddlewheel style vessel, joined the fleet in 2001. The Belle, with a capacity of 2,200 is the largest dining yacht on the West Coast. The San Francisco Hornblower Hybrid, the first hybrid ferry in the United States, was completed in 2008 and serves visitors to Alcatraz Island and Angel Island in San Francisco Bay.
Alcatraz Island (/ ˈ æ l k ə ˌ t r æ z /) is a small island 1.25 miles (2.01 km) offshore from San Francisco, California, United States. [1] The island was developed in the mid-19th century with facilities for a lighthouse , a military fortification, and a military prison.
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In 2006 the contract for the Alcatraz service was lost to Hornblower. [6] In 2011 Blue & Gold won the contract to operate the consolidated San Francisco Bay Ferry system, which subsumed the Alameda/Oakland and Vallejo routes and over the following decade grew to include four other cross-Bay commuter routes. [1]
Red and White Fleet is a sightseeing and charter tour company operating in the San Francisco Bay Area of California since at least 1892. [citation needed]Based in the US, the site and the audio on the cruise are, as of 2016, available in 16 languages.
San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge, looking southeast towards the City and East Bay. Alcatraz is the small islet in the upper-middle left. San Francisco Bay's profile changed dramatically in the late 19th century and again with the initiation of dredging by the US Army Corps of Engineers in the 20th century. Before about 1860, most ...