SS Palo Alto
Palo Alto on sea trials, on 10 September 1920. (Naval History and Heritage Command - Photo NH 799) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | SS Palo Alto |
| Namesake | Palo Alto, California |
| Builder | San Francisco Shipbuilding Company, Oakland, California |
| Launched | 29 May 1919 |
| Fate | Grounded as a fishing pier at Seacliff Beach in Aptos, California |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Design 1100 tanker |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 420 ft (130 m) |
| Beam | 54 ft (16 m) |
| Depth | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Propulsion |
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SS Palo Alto was a concrete ship built as a tanker at the end of World War I. Completed too late to see war service, she was mothballed until 1929, when she was intentionally grounded off Seacliff State Beach in the Monterey Bay, becoming part of a pleasure pier entertainment complex. Palo Alto was damaged by the sea, leading her to be stripped and used only as a fishing pier. Subsequent decades have seen her be further broken by the sea, but large sections of her wreck remain somewhat intact.