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OPPOSITE: The original version HARBOR QUEEN
of the Harbor Queen, full of cruise With construction completed in 1954, the Red and White than before. This is due to a more efficient engine, making the
passengers, sails past the Bay Bridge
in the late 1950s or early 1960s. Fleet’s Harbor Queen is the longest-operating ship currently upgrades a win-win scenario for both passengers and the
in the fleet. She was “jumboized” (a term coined by the Coast Red and White Fleet. Although the Harbor Queen turned
RIGHT: The Harbor Queen, built Guard) in 1966 to add twenty feet to her length, a move that sixty-five years old in 2019, she is still one of the Fleet’s most-
in 1954 and currently the Fleet’s accommodated the addition of a dance floor and increased valued vessels. As Captain Alan Cull says, “The Harbor Queen
longest-operating ship, has undergone passenger capacity and comfort. Counterintuitively, although is still a fabulous boat, and my favorite to drive.”
a variety of changes over the years,
including being “jumboized” the ship is now larger, she actually has a better fuel economy
(remodeled and enlarged) in 1966
and repainted in with the now-iconic
Red and White style. A bronze plaque
(top right) mounted onboard details
the ship’s origins.

HARBOR QUEEN
Year Built: 1954, then
jumboized in 1966
Built by: Harbor Sightseeing
(Crowley); designed by
Norgaard
Capacity: 359 passengers
Length: 62 feet (original);
82 feet (current)
Engine/HP: c-18 Cat/950 hp

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