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The M/V Wild Goose (USS YMS-328) formerly John Wayne's private yacht, joined the fleet in 1995. The vintage 1942 restored minesweeper continues to operate in Newport Beach. The ferryboat Santa Rosa, which ferried passengers between San Francisco and the East Bay, now serves at the company's corporate office.
USS YMS-328 is a decommissioned US Navy YMS-1-class (YMS-135 subclass) Yard Mine Sweeper (YMS), built in Ballard, Washington (Seattle) at Ballard Marine & Railway. She was classified as a Mark II design and her hull is constructed completely out of 3" vertical grain Douglas fir.
The San Francisco Hornblower Hybrid is a 64-foot-long (20 m) catamaran, with a fully enclosed main deck, and covered roof deck. In 2008 the vessel was acquired by Alcatraz Cruises, a subsidiary of Hornblower Cruises.
Balboa Bay Resort. The Balboa Bay Resort is a 160-room resort hotel in Newport Beach, California, United States on 15 acres (6.1 ha).The facility was founded in 1948 as the Balboa Bay Club, a private yacht club.
In December 2016, Hornblower purchased the rights to operate the East River route for $21 million. The route had been operated by Billybey Ferries, which had a contract to operate the line under the NY Waterway banner. [64] [42] As part of the sale, Hornblower paid $6 million for four older boats already in use on the East River ferry. [64]
The first ship to enter the bay was the 105-ton, flat-bottomed sternwheel steamer SS Vaquero with cargo of 15,000 shingles and 5,000 feet of lumber from San Diego. Samuel S. Dunnells built a small wharf called the Newport Landing. Newport Landing and Landing Warehouse was near the current Pacific Coast Highway and the Newport Bay Bridge. James ...