SS Palo Alto: History of the Santa Cruz County ‘Cement Ship'
President Joe Biden visited Santa Cruz County's storm-damaged areas on Thursday, including Seacliff State Beach near the Cement Ship, which appears...
President Joe Biden visited Santa Cruz County's storm-damaged areas on Thursday, including Seacliff State Beach near the Cement Ship, which appears to have sunk mostly beneath the tides. Many of us who grew up with the mysterious and wonderful Seacliff Cement Ship, have often puzzled over its existence, fed by rumors and speculation. Was it a pier in the shape of a ship, or a ship made into a pier? And why is it named Palo Alto? My late friend David W. Heron did the definitive study of the late Cement Ship, in his 1991 book 'Forever Facing South.