Shipwrecks of yore are focus of artifact-packed exhibit aboard floating museum ship off San Pedro
A new visitor display onboard the S.S. Lane Victory, a World War II merchant ship docked in San Pedro as a floating museum, takes a look at the various shipwrecks that have occurred over time in local waters as well as international water. (Photo by Contributing Photographer Chuck Bennett)
A new visitor display onboard the S.S. Lane Victory, a World War II merchant ship docked in San Pedro as a floating museum, takes a look at the various shipwrecks that have occurred over time in local waters as well as international water. (Photo by Contributing Photographer Chuck Bennett)
A new visitor display onboard the S.S. Lane Victory, a World War II merchant ship docked in San Pedro as a floating museum, takes a look at the various shipwrecks that have occurred over time in local waters as well as international water. (Photo by Contributing Photographer Chuck Bennett)
A new visitor display onboard the S.S. Lane Victory, a World War II merchant ship docked in San Pedro as a floating museum, takes a look at the various shipwrecks that have occurred over time in local waters as well as international water. (Photo by Contributing Photographer Chuck Bennett)
A new visitor display onboard the S.S. Lane Victory, a World War II merchant ship docked in San Pedro as a floating museum, takes a look at the various shipwrecks that have occurred over time in local waters as well as international water. (Photo by Contributing Photographer Chuck Bennett)
A new visitor display onboard the S.S. Lane Victory, a World War II merchant ship docked in San Pedro as a floating museum, takes a look at the various shipwrecks that have occurred over time in local waters as well as international water. (Photo by Contributing Photographer Chuck Bennett)
A new visitor display onboard the S.S. Lane Victory, a World War II merchant ship docked in San Pedro as a floating museum, takes a look at the various shipwrecks that have occurred over time in local waters as well as international water. (Photo by Contributing Photographer Chuck Bennett)
A new visitor display onboard the S.S. Lane Victory, a World War II merchant ship docked in San Pedro as a floating museum, takes a look at the various shipwrecks that have occurred over time in local waters as well as international water. (Photo by Contributing Photographer Chuck Bennett)
A new visitor display onboard the S.S. Lane Victory, a World War II merchant ship docked in San Pedro as a floating museum, takes a look at the various shipwrecks that have occurred over time in local waters as well as international water. (Photo by Contributing Photographer Chuck Bennett)
A new visitor display onboard the S.S. Lane Victory, a World War II merchant ship docked in San Pedro as a floating museum, takes a look at the various shipwrecks that have occurred over time in local waters as well as international water. (Photo by Contributing Photographer Chuck Bennett)
A new visitor display onboard the S.S. Lane Victory, a World War II merchant ship docked in San Pedro as a floating museum, takes a look at the various shipwrecks that have occurred over time in local waters as well as international water. (Photo by Contributing Photographer Chuck Bennett)
A new visitor display onboard the S.S. Lane Victory, a World War II merchant ship docked in San Pedro as a floating museum, takes a look at the various shipwrecks that have occurred over time in local waters as well as international water. (Photo by Contributing Photographer Chuck Bennett)
A new visitor display onboard the S.S. Lane Victory, a World War II merchant ship docked in San Pedro as a floating museum, takes a look at the various shipwrecks that have occurred over time in local waters as well as international water. (Photo by Contributing Photographer Chuck Bennett)
From the Titanic to something a bit closer to home — the Sansinina — a public exhibit has launched onboard the S.S. Lane Victory, a floating museum ship in the Port of Los Angeles.
With 200 artifacts covering 60 ships, the exhibit features items related to vessels that sank in both peace and war time.
The idea stemmed from the Lane’s own history as a Victory ship that came online when the prior Liberty class was sinking during World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars.
“The Victory class was built as a ‘2.0’ to fix all those issues,” said ship Curator Barrie Getz. “These were a little bit bigger, stronger, designed better, faster, and more maneuverable.”
Among other displays are items from the disaster at Port Chicago, on Suisun Bay in Northern California. The deadly munitions explosion of the SS E.A. Bryan, a Liberty ship, on July 17, 1944, killed over 320 sailors and civilians, many of whom were Black.
“It blew up the whole bay,” Getz said, and served as an unlikely backdrop for the eventual racial integration of the U.S. military as the Korean War broke out.
“It was a moment that changed Navy history,” she said of the tragedy.
There are also a few items from the SS Sansinina, a Liberian oil tanker that exploded in Los Angeles harbor on Dec. 17, 1976, while docked at Berth 46. The explosion blasted out windows from many homes near the waterfront.
The RMS Titanic is expected to bring a number of visitors, including some who will be gathering at the Queen Mary in Long Beach to mark the anniversary of the ship’s April 15, 1912, sinking. That is a set-apart section of the exhibit and only will be on display April 13-14, both Saturday and Sunday. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The rest of the exhibit is open now and regular hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday only — Sunday by appointment — through June 15.
The S.S. Lane Victory is located at Berth 52, 2400 Miner St., San Pedro.
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