Have you ever noticed that ship out on the Samoa Peninsula behind the Timber Heritage Museum? Did you know that World War II-era vessel – affectionately known as the USS LCI(L)-1091 – took part in the Battle for Okinawa in 1945, witnessed atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll and served as a medical lab during the Korean War to help prevent the spread of wartime disease? Neither did we!
In today’s episode of “Humboldt Outdoors” local documentarian Ray Olson takes us on a tour of the wartime ship and introduces us to the dedicated group of local veterans who are working to restore ol’ Ten-Ninety-One.
“There were a little over 1,000 of these ships built during World War II and as far as [we know], there are only two that remain,” Olson says. “What makes the story even more remarkable is the small but dedicated crew of military veterans who have been volunteering their time over the last decade to keep this historic ship from collapsing into a pile of rust and scrap metal.”
Click the video above to find out how the WWII ship ended up in Humboldt Bay as a fishing vessel.
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- (VIDEO) HUMBOLDT OUTDOORS: Ray Olson Traverses Jolly Giant Creek From Its Headwaters in the Arcata Community Forest to Humboldt Bay
- (VIDEO) HUMBOLDT OUTDOORS: Ray Olson Goes Back in Time to Teach Us About the History of Earth Day
- (VIDEO) HUMBOLDT OUTDOORS: Ray Olson Takes a Peek at the Timber Heritage Association’s Future Railroad Museum in Samoa
- (VIDEO) HUMBOLDT OUTDOORS: Ray Olson Takes Us on a Camping Trip to Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
- (VIDEO) HUMBOLDT OUTDOORS: Venturing Inside the Loleta Tunnel
- (VIDEO) HUMBOLDT OUTDOORS: Ray Olson Cracks the Case on the Mysterious Arcata Community Forest Wood Carvings
- (VIDEO) HUMBOLDT OUTDOORS: The Ruins of Humboldt County’s First Lighthouse
- (VIDEO) HUMBOLDT OUTDOORS: A Look at the Historic Ghost Town of Falk
- (VIDEO) HUMBOLDT OUTDOORS: The Covered Bridges of Humboldt County
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