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I took a bunch of photos of Golden exiting dry dock today and decided to make a little time lapse movie. Sorry...no tripod so it's a tad shaky. It was really fun to watch her pick up all of her life boats.

 

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Neat video! I was sightseeing in San Francisco today and was on a ferry when I spotted her -- I didn't know about her dry dock, and was surprised to see a cruise ship on the SOUTH side of the Bay Bridge, because I know that the cruise port is on the north side. Here's a pic that I took from the ferry:

 

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A little later, I was on a cable car and spotted her docked at the port, but I wasn't fast enough with my camera...

 

- Mike :-)

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Neat video! I was sightseeing in San Francisco today and was on a ferry when I spotted her -- I didn't know about her dry dock, and was surprised to see a cruise ship on the SOUTH side of the Bay Bridge, because I know that the cruise port is on the north side. Here's a pic that I took from the ferry:

 

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A little later, I was on a cable car and spotted her docked at the port, but I wasn't fast enough with my camera...

 

- Mike :-)

 

Well, you couldn't have picked a nicer day for a visit! Are you sticking around tomorrow? Tomorrow the Golden sails at 3:00 and then the USS Iowa will be escorted out under the Golden Gate around 3:30 or 4:00. Big day on the Bay! Oh, and then the solar eclipse from about 5:15-7:15.

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Neat video! I was sightseeing in San Francisco today and was on a ferry when I spotted her -- I didn't know about her dry dock, and was surprised to see a cruise ship on the SOUTH side of the Bay Bridge, because I know that the cruise port is on the north side. Here's a pic that I took from the ferry:

 

image.jpg

 

A little later, I was on a cable car and spotted her docked at the port, but I wasn't fast enough with my camera...

 

- Mike :-)

 

Lovely photo, thanks for posting

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gcvt,

Thank you for sharing your great video.

 

LOL, you're too kind - it's more of a hacked together first attempt at a time lapse video at best ;) I realized there was no easy, or interesting, way to post 105 photos of her so I tried the time lapse thing. That all took place over the course of about 5 hours. I don't know how to use the auto time lapse feature on the GF's fancy camera and didn't have a tripod anyway, so I just snapped a pic every now and then as I was messing around in our vegetable garden and playing with the dog. It was a gorgeous day outside!

 

She really seemed to spin around a lot. I'd love to know what they were doing out there all day aside from picking up all the life boats. They spent about four hours very close to the dry dock and then moved further across the bay, which is when Mike snapped that great photo. Can't wait to watch her and the USS Iowa sail tomorrow!

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She really seemed to spin around a lot. I'd love to know what they were doing out there all day aside from picking up all the life boats. They spent about four hours very close to the dry dock and then moved further across the bay, which is when Mike snapped that great photo. Can't wait to watch her and the USS Iowa sail tomorrow!

 

Probably testing her thrusters and other systems that had been worked on during the drydock.

 

What did they do to her during this dry dock? I'd heard it was just a quick check up with some cosmetic repairs.. Does anyone have specifics?

 

I NEED to know this too! :) We're sailing on her in two weeks. It was my understanding that they might be adding Alfredos to her Piazza and would love to know if that actually happened. Hopefully someone who is on the Coastal cruise will report in!

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I NEED to know this too! :) We're sailing on her in two weeks. It was my understanding that they might be adding Alfredos to her Piazza and would love to know if that actually happened.

 

Probably was not added. Major changes such as this take more time than this drydock had.

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Probably was not added. Major changes such as this take more time than this drydock had.

 

Dunno... I'm a "half-full" kinda guy and ever the optimist and think that they could add one venue in 10 days... :)

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Thanks for all the great pics - a friend was down on the waterfront last night and texted me excitedly because he couldn't figure out why there weren't any people on board!

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I took a bunch of photos of Golden exiting dry dock today and decided to make a little time lapse movie. Sorry...no tripod so it's a tad shaky. It was really fun to watch her pick up all of her life boats.

 

We were watching her on the AIS marine. The picture shows what we were watching, and now it makes sense.

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Is there a webcam to watch Golden and Iowa depart?

 

The Iowa was delayed due to storms forecasted off the coast over the next few days :( I got some great photos of Golden leaving though. I'll post them in a new thread soon.

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The Iowa was delayed due to storms forecasted off the coast over the next few days :( I got some great photos of Golden leaving though. I'll post them in a new thread soon.

 

Bummer indeed. I imagine there were quite a few disappointed weekend warriors. :(

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Bummer indeed. I imagine there were quite a few disappointed weekend warriors. :(

 

I can tell you that the beach we were on saw quite a few veterans...both American and Japanese...waiting to see the Iowa. Most were easily identifiable by their hats or shirts. The winds kicked up considerably around 5:30 and we were the last ones left on the beach by then :(

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I can tell you that the beach we were on saw quite a few veterans...both American and Japanese...waiting to see the Iowa. Most were easily identifiable by their hats or shirts. The winds kicked up considerably around 5:30 and we were the last ones left on the beach by then :(

 

Sad that they didn't get to see her depart. Better safe than sorry.

 

Here are two links you can follow for updates:

 

http://www.facebook.com/pacificbattleship

 

http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/battleships-board/61260-we-got-iowa-22.html

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