On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 01:31:53PM -0400, [email protected] wrote: > They weren't all WWII era, the Glomar Explorer was parked there for > many years. > ========== > Yeah, I figured a few were added later, but didn't know that much about it. > > Interesting, I didn't realize it was "Project Jennifer", that explains > Charlie naming the book "The Jennifer Morgue" > http://www.fas.org/irp/program/collect/jennifer.htm > > ==========
> Huh, except it's not Hunter's Point. Okay, let me look it up. I can't come > up with the name, it MIGHT be the Port Chicago Shipyard. It's in the > Carquinez > Straight, near Martinez/Benicia. It's not, as far as I know, a working > shipyard, just a storage place. I'm not sure where Hunter's point came in. The Glomar was parked in the Mothball fleet for many years, until it was scrapped. The Glomar, in itself is an interesting story. My friend, Charlie Stross, wrote a book called "The Jennifer Morgue" that the Glomar plays a part in. I hadn't realized where the name came from until I read that article about "Project Jennifer". -- The fastest way to get your question answered on the net is to post the wrong answer. Larry Colen [email protected] http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
