The Bethlehem Shipyard Museum would like to extend our most sincere condolences to the family of Bessie Brito, wife of dock master Rudy Brito. Mrs. Brito passed away on Thursday, May 8, 2014. The Memorial Service for Bessie Brito will take place in the Tiffany Chapel on Friday, May 16, 2014, ten o’clock in the […]
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*********See Event Photos HERE******** Friends of the Bethlehem Shipyard Museum are cordially invited to the inaugural program “WE STICK TOGETHER”, the first in our Maritime Historical Preservation Series. This program will honor the five Sullivan brothers who lost their lives in the 1st Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on November 13, 1942, and the historic […]
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Extra! Extra! Read all about it View the PDF Newsletter – BethShip’s Log – November 2, 2014 View the PDF Newsletter – BethShip’s Log – July 15, 2013
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On April 24, 2013 the Port of San Francisco celebrates the 150th anniversary of the creation of the State Harbor Commission. The Port traces its official beginning to this date in 1863, but the Port’s history goes back much further in time. Learn more about this special occasion and what’s happening around the waterfront. […]
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A citywide surge in trendy restaurants. Runaway rental and housing rates. Construction cranes dotting the skyline. The Twitter-ization of blighted Mid-Market. Conversions of old buildings to new market-rate housing, even in the stubbornly seedy Tenderloin. If we hadn’t been told over and over that it is an evil word that should never be uttered in […]
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San Francisco, California, February 11, 2013 – The Bethlehem Shipyard Museum, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit charity organization, announced that Dennis Koller has been named Executive Director. Mr. Koller will assume the responsibility of leading the organization as it moves forward to showcase Bethlehem Steel’s prominence in the building of the Bay Area, and to […]
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The third USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) is the lead ship of her class of hospital ships in the United States Navy. Her sister ship is the USNS Comfort (T-AH-20). She was named for the virtue of compassion. In accordance with the Geneva Conventions, USNS Mercy and her crew do not carry any offensive weapons, though defensive […]
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Pier 70, once a shipbuilding center, is being revitalized with a project, in its early stages, that calls for putting shops, restaurants, small manufacturers and a bayfront park on a 28-acre site that is expected to include about 1,000 apartments. A $242 million plan for a new, mixed-use development at historic Pier 70 will be […]
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The loan committee of the China Development Bank has approved a $1.7 billion loan to build new neighborhoods and upward of 20,000 units of housing on the Hunters Point Shipyard, Candlestick Point and Treasure Island. The agreement, confirmed by sources familiar with the negotiations, is a crucial step in longstanding plans to build new neighborhoods […]
Read MoreThe USS Wasbash – a Wichita class replenishment oiler in the United States Navy (1970 – 1994) is leaving the Mothball Fleet on her way to the Mare Island Shipyard. There she will be prepared for her final voyage to the Texas scrapyard where she will be broken up. Learn more about the history of […]
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