[lee martell]

I may be sentimental about it, because I had good times in the Oakland, San Fransico and Berkeley areas during my Navy years (early 80’s).

I started out on a 77 foot wooden ship, a Minesweeper called The Illusive out of Charleston,SC.
After reenlistment, I was on an aircraft carrier called
The Enterprise.
We were based in Alameda, California.

Some of the hotel tenants she described, reminded me of people I met while waiting overnight at the main bus stop in San Fran on Embarcadero St. If you were out too late, and missed the last bus to the East Bay at about 2.15AM, you had to sit in this giant bus stop and wait until 5.45AM for the first bus to board.

[thecodont]

Some of the hotel tenants she described, reminded me of people I met while waiting overnight at the main bus stop in San Fran on Embarcadero St. If you were out too late, and missed the last bus to the East Bay at about 2.15AM, you had to sit in this giant bus stop and wait until 5.45AM for the first bus to board.

You mean the old San Francisco Transbay Terminal? It was closed in August 2010 and torn down for its replacement.

Lots of interesting characters to see there at the old terminal.

[alexander_busek]

It sounds to me like you should be the one writing about your Bay Area / ocean-going experiences.

Seriously!

Regards,

[alexander_busek]

I started out on a 77 foot wooden ship, a Minesweeper called The Illusive out of Charleston, SC.

Thought at first that that might have been a misspelling (for "Elusive"), but then confirmed (via Wikipedia) that that is, indeed, the correct spelling.

Interesting history!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Illusive_(AM-448)#:~:text=USS%20Illusive%20%28AM-448%2FMSO-448%29%20was%20an%20Agile%20-class%20minesweeper,water%20to%20prevent%20the%20safe%20passage%20of%20ships.

Strange that there's no mention of it being wooden.

Regards,