Events and Activities

Fascinating insight into the liberty ships which provided the lifeline to Allies abroad. Felt humbling being able to explore this old warrior of the seas. Good luck to the team... read more that keep her running.

Very cool experience, definitely recommend checking it out. There's a museum type area with tons of information and displays as well as a gift shop. You can also roam around... read more several decks and the engine room, which was used to film Titanic. Tons of areas are accessable, it's a self guided tour for $20.

We had some time to spare while waiting for our upcoming tour departure and it was well worth choosing this as out stop. The cost was in line with general... read more tourist attractions, but this had the benefit of being a real liberty chip built for and used during the second world war. It was especially interesting to see (and climb into) the steel and concrete (yes concrete) gunner stations, and also to see the old steam engine room. The ticket provides access to the all available areas of the ship and you should allocate a good hour to thoroughly look around. Not suitable for mobility impaired as this is an unmodified 1904's warship.

Super cool if you are into history- best part is it's still a working ship that they sometimes take it out in the bay. But while it's on the pier... read more you can tour at your leisure and see the impressive steam engine or play on the guns on the main deck. You also get a great view of the Golden gate bridge.

Compared to the Pampanito (submarine) next door, the ticket price here definitely was worth the length of the tour. However, the entire heritage site was really badly managed. It was... read more peak tourist time when renovation and painting would continue on, the kitchen was actually making hot dogs for some private events, and the ship lacked a lot of explanation boards that describe what you are seeing. Essentially, you walk onto a historical boat without any explanation or history and somehow need to make sense of it all, all while your illusion broken by people "fixing" and renovating the boat. There are definitely jewels of the tour. The engine room is unique, there's a great WW2 museum in the lower level, etc. However, the entire presentation looked liked a junkyard. Visitors simply cannot get in the illusion that they were roaming around a WW2 ship. Also it would've been amazing to know exactly what role this particular ship played in D-Day at Normandy. Somehow all the presentation coming together felt badly managed and presented. A lost opportunity I would say. Won't probably return even with tourists visiting from out of town.

It definitely worth to spend 10$ for this tour. I had very interesting talk with worker on orlop deck. Most of ship was open to visit. It would be great... read more to open area near guns on the deck, so you can make a cool photos there 🙂