BBtv guest correspondent and blog pal Todd Lappin of Telstar Logistics takes us inside a steam-powered World War II "Liberty Ship," the SS Jeremiah O'Brien.
We marvel (!) at the cool old retro-technology that kept this behemoth boat running to and from the beaches of Normandy, and we meet the volunteer caretakers — obsessive nerds just like us, only with white hair! — who keep her ship-shape today. Did you know that shipyards in the San Francisco Bay Area once churned out Liberty Ships like this in 4 days or less, during the heat of the war? Watch and learn, li'l skippers.
Link to Boing Boing tv blog post with discussion, downloadable video, and podcast subscribe instructions.
Todd has a rockin' photoset of images from the ship, too.
Shot for BBtv by Eddie Codel, during the Long Now Foundation's Mechanicrawl.
