2011 SS Lane Victory Adventure

God Bless These Brave Men Who Served In The Merchant Marine

But We Don't Want to Go Home (Page Five)

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Heading home... We did a body count and we are all here

 

2011 Participants
Count
Herb & Irene (Kosmetatos) Silverstein
2
Bob & Donna
4
Cyndy & Harper
6
Hans & Kerstin
8
James Mongell, Linda Mongell, & Mark Parkinson
11
Ed & Eddie Roberts
13
Paul & Sue Liles
15
Richard Steiner & Barbara Langford
17
Carri Fox
18
Holly & Bill Henche + Grandson
21

Back To San Pedro... Richard And Barbara Take to The Floor

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Dang... Discovered again

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Cornell Introduces The Band And The Kissers....

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Looking good

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The band did an outstanding job today

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Navy guy and a nurse and the war (oops, voyage) is over.... What can happen how?

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The famous kiss... re-enacted many many times

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Did You Know? - V-J Day in Times Square is a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt that portrays an American sailor kissing a young nurse in a white dress on V-J Day in Times Square on August 14, 1945. The photograph was published a week later in Life magazine among many photographs of celebrations around the country that were presented in a twelve-page section called Victory. A two-page spread faces three other kissing poses among celebrators in Washington, D.C., Kansas City, and Miami, Florida opposite Eisenstaedt's, which is given a full-page display. Kissing was a favorite pose encouraged by media photographers of service personnel during the war, but Eisenstaedt was photographing a spontaneous event that occurred in Times Square as the announcement of the end of the war on Japan was made by President Truman at seven o'clock. Similar jubilation spread quickly with the news.

The photograph is known under various titles, such as V-J Day in Times Square, V-Day, and The Kiss.

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Wow the man says....

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One more time for those who's cameras were not ready

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The nurse is doing her duty

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The kiss even interrupted the dancing

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One more song...

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They had been singing all day and only get better

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Donna and Bob hit the decks

The Breakwater Ahead

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Los Angeles Harbor Light, also known as lighthouse in California, United States, at San Pedro Breakwater in Los Angeles Harbor, California. The lighthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is listed as Los Angeles Light in the USCG Lights list.

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The Lighthouse still operates

Did You Know? - A 13.6 kilometer (8.4 mile) long breakwater stretches across most of the bay, with two openings to allow ships to enter the port areas behind it. The initial western section of the breakwater, called the San Pedro Breakwater, was constructed between 1899 and 1911 at San Pedro; the Middle breakwater was completed over the next twenty-five years, and the Long Beach breakwater was finished after World War II.

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The seals ride the buoys

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We finally caught up with Holly, Bill and Grandson Dan

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More ballet moves... Really entertaining the ships company

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Safely inside the breakwater

Did You Know? - Offshore breakwaters, also called bulkheads, reduce the intensity of wave action in inshore waters and thereby reduce coastal erosion. They are constructed some distance away from the coast or built with one end linked to the coast. The breakwaters may be small structures, placed one to three hundred feet offshore in relatively shallow water, designed to protect a gently sloping beach.

Breakwaters may be either fixed or floating: the choice depends on normal water depth and tidal range. They are made of large pieces of concrete and are spaced about 50m from each other. Breakwater construction is usually parallel or perpendicular to the coast to maintain tranquility condition in the port. Most of Breakwater construction depends upon wave approach and considering some other environmental parameters

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Yes... It's is a bit cool outside

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Carri is in multiple layers

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Harper and Cyndy

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Herbie models new welding glasses...

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Donna is enjoying Herbs jokes and stories

Cornell (The Spy) Comes By To Say Hello

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"I didn't do it"

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Helen makes the rounds with Cornell

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Going Down The San Pedro Channel

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A buzzard landed on deck and we captured him

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The Princess is getting ready to leave

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Big box ship

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The Vincent Thomas Bridge

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Did You Know? - The Vincent Thomas Bridge is a 1,500-foot (460 m) long suspension bridge, opened in 1963, crossing the Los Angeles Harbor in the U.S. state of California, linking San Pedro, Los Angeles, with Terminal Island. The bridge is signed as part of State Route 47. It is named for California Assemblyman Vincent Thomas of San Pedro. It is the fourth longest suspension bridge in California. It is also the bridge with the 76th longest span in the world. The clear height of the navigation channel is approximately 185 ft.

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N ow the tug goes to work....

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We are sending signals to the tub....

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What is this man thinking???

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Ed and Eddie Roberts

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Paul and Sue

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Jacobs ladder... NOT

Did You Know? - The term Jacob's ladder applies to a kind of ladder found on some square rigged ships. To climb above the lower mast to the topmast and above, sailors must get around the top, a platform projecting from the mast. Although on many ships the only way round was the overhanging futtock shrouds, modern-day tall ships often provide an easier vertical ladder from the ratlines as well.

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The channel is always busy

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How does the tug PUSH that huge vessel using a rope???

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Being a teen is great... They can sleep anywhere

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Heading out and we are coming home

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Down we go and back to the 21st century

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Bye boat... Next year

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... and That;s All Folks...

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19 miles and 25 minutes and we are home