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Morro Bay’s WWII Hero Tugboat Finds a New Home

Morro Bay Maritime Museum board member, Judy Salamacha talks with correspondent, Tom Wilmer about the June 4th and 5th festivities celebrating the historic tugboat, Alma’s new home, adjacent to the Naval DSRV deep sea rescue submarine and the USCG rescue vessel.Days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, a Japanese submarine torpedoed the oil tanker, Montebello off the coast of Cambria.

The tugboat Alma raced to the scene and rescued the crew members as the Montebello sunk. Forever since, the Alma has been revered by Central Coast residents. June 2nd 2016, the Alma will be transported by truck and trailer to her new home at the Maritime Museum of Morro Bay, located adjacent to the old PG&E power plant.

A chicken BBQ lunch barbeque is slated for Sunday June 5th from noon to 2 p.m. Tickets for the BBQ are available at Coalesce Books 845 Main Street, downtown Morro Bay.

Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.