
The SS Jeremiah O'Brien is the last unaltered Liberty Ship in existence.
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The SS Jeremiah O'Brien is one of the last ships that participated in the Normandy D-Day landings that still sails under her own power!
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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.
First, thanks to veterans and all who serve. I have like zero expertise with this particular piece of history, but I really loved being able to fully explore this... read more amazing vessel. The ship itself is so very interesting, and the museum within is full of relevant pieces and stories, including sand from Normandy and a chunk of a destroyed boat from D-day. So inspiring.
This is an excellent maritime museum with plenty of history regarding this ship in particular and liberty ships as a whole. The first place you enter has a whole... read more load of information about the SS Jerimiah O'Brien, her wartime service, as well as her history as a museum ship. It's also fascinating to note that this ship still runs on her original engines, and you can go down into the engine room! There is also a few dioramas in the forward part of the ship that show what a typical amphibious landing in WW2 looked like, with the Jeremiah O'Brien involved, as well as the convoys she used to sail with across the Atlantic to get wartime supplies to the European theater. Up on deck her 3 inch gun is on the bow and still moves! So you can train it across the bay at Oakland, the Bay Bridge, or anywhere you like, you can pretend you are defending the ship against enemy planes in WW2 and have a blast. At the stern, you can look out on the Golden Gate Bridge and see the fog coming over the mountains which is a gorgeous sight. Then up in the superstructure you can explore the cabins and the Bridge, which unlike many WW2 museum ships, has a mix of original WW2 vintage equipment, as well as modern equipment for when the ship still sails around the bay and around the world. I will definitely need to come back to this museum during fleet week so I can sail aboard her when she goes out into the bay. I also will have to come back to spend more time aboard her as the amount of information and history this ship has is incredible!
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.
Amazing old World War 2 ship, got a whole history lesson from a veteran of the war himself, James. He’s 92 and volunteers his time to teach people about the... read more history of the boat and he knows his stuff. What an incredible man. Got to walk around the entire ship myself and see some really cool stuff, even the engine room which I’m pretty sure I wasn’t supposed to be in I got into some places that seemed pretty closed off (my fault) still was an incredible day haha
My wife and I visited the Jeremiah O'Brien in May and toured the vessel on a slow Thursday, which was more than enough to convince us to return this October... read more for the 2022 Fleet Week cruise. Unfortunately the weather was un-participative for the Air Show, but the privelage of being on a functioning 79 year old Liberty Ship sailing such a beautiful area was more than enough. I'd recommend it to anyone who loves naval history, or engineering, or the Bay Area.
This is amazing ! The volunteers have done an incredible job and were so very lucky to get this complete vessel. The best thing for me is that triple expansion... read more engine. A must visit.
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SS Jeremiah O’Brien
Pier 35, The Embarcadero
San Francisco, CA 94133
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National Liberty Ship Memorial
45 Pier, Suite 4A
San Francisco, CA 94133