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She currently serves as the main "building" of the Maritime Museum of San Diego. Berkeley was notable for having been the first propeller-driven ferry on the west coast. At the time of her launching on October 18, 1898, she became the largest commuter ferryboat in the United States with a 1700-passenger capacity.
Wood pilings grouped into a pair of dolphins serving as a protected entryway to a boat basin. A dolphin is a group of pilings arrayed together to serve variously as a protective hardpoint along a dock, in a waterway, or along a shore; as a means or point of stabilization of a dock, bridge, or similar structure; as a mooring point; and as a base for navigational aids.
The size of the berths varies from 5–10 m (16–33 ft) for a small boat in a marina to over 400 m (1,300 ft) for the largest tankers. The rule of thumb is that the length of a berth should be roughly 10% longer than the longest vessel to be moored at the berth. [why?] Berth in Pipiriki, Wanganui River, New Zealand. Postcard. 1930s.
Webcor is a commercial construction contractor with headquarters in San Francisco, California.The firm also has regional offices in Alameda, Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose, and is among the largest builders in California with clients including Google, Apple Inc., Samsung, Genentech, Brookfield Properties, University of California, Oracle Corporation, the California Academy of Sciences ...
Disney and Carnival Cruise Lines have seasonal Mexican cruises in the spring and fall, as well as a Panama Canal cruise at the end of the visit. Multiple other cruise lines use San Diego as a port of call. The Port of San Diego experienced a 44-percent growth in cruise calls between 2002 and 2006, growing from 122 to 219 calls.
USS Dolphin AGSS-555, diesel-electric submarine launched in 1968 and decommissioned in 2007; PCF-816 (formerly C24 or P24), 1968 Patrol Craft Fast that was transferred to Malta in 1971 and decommissioned in 2011; San Salvador, a replica of Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo's galleon which was the first European ship to visit San Diego Bay in 1542. [4]
OliverMcMillan, established in 1978, is a private real estate development firm based in San Diego, California.It creates mixed-use retail, entertainment, and residential projects, both privately and through public-private partnerships with public entities and redevelopment agencies across the U.S. OliverMcMillan has received four national industry design awards and more than 50 regional ...
A marina on Harbor Island, San Diego. Harbor Island is a man-made peninsula created in 1961 from harbor dredgings, located in San Diego Bay in San Diego, California. [1] It lies between Shelter Island and downtown San Diego, and is directly across Harbor Drive from San Diego International Airport. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) long and only a few ...