The Independence leaves port for the last time: a great white hulk of imperial excesses

This ship, the Independence, has been in drydock for years at San Francisco's Pier 70 shipyard. It's fated to be cut up for scrap. While the average sentient being was “watching” the “Superbowl” (*gag*), I was out tooling around the exceptionally quiet City on my bike (thank you for not driving those few hours, ya gas-addicted whores). A few days later, the ship was towed out of the bay, probably to be scrapped in Asia. So goes the waste of the the world's rich.

• Last U.S. ocean liner heads into the unknown — San Francisco Chronicle
• History and old postcard photos of the Independence
• Flickr photos of the Independence leaving San Francisco Bay, 2008

Technorati Tags: cruiseship, Independence, SanFrancisco, SanFranciscoBay, ship