Cleaning Little Potato Slough
USCG contractors have been busy cleaning out the derelicts from the waters of the Little Potato Slough near Stockton, California.
This included the World War II-era Woban-class Navy tug ex-USS Mazapeta (YTM-181) and the 140-foot Bay class minesweeper ex-HMCS Chaleur (MCB 164).
Chaleur was fairly modern, having been built in 1956-57 and only decommissioned in 1998.
HMCS Chaleur (MCB 164) in better days
She was used in a variety of commercial and private tasks until she ended up at the Stockton Maritime Museum and sank at her moorings back in 2021.
Chaleur was tied up alongside the old and very well-traveled MV Aurora (ex-Wappen Von Hamburg, ex-Delos, ex-Pacific Star, ex-Polar Star, ex-Xanadu, ex-Expex, and ex-Faithful) for years before she sank.
As Aurora was scrapped last December, all that is left now is the sheen.
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