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SS Palo Alto

Shipwreck on Pacific Ocean on Seacliff State Beach, Coast Ranges in Seacliff, CA

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SS Palo Alto was a concrete ship built as a tanker at the end of World War I. It was built by the San Francisco Shipbuilding Company at the U.S. Naval Shipyard in Oakland, California. It was launched on 29 May 1919, too late to see service in the war. Its sister ship was the SS Peralta. It was mothballed in Oakland until 1929, when it was bought by the Seacliff Amusement Corporation and towed to Seacliff State Beach in Aptos, California. A pier was built leading to the ship in 1930, and it was sunk in a few feet in the water so that it keel rested on the bottom. There it was refitted as an amusement ship, with amenities including a dance floor, a swimming pool and a café. The company went bankrupt two years later during the Great Depression, and the ship cracked at the midsection during a…

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SS Palo Alto