The U.S. Navy installed a giant submarine net in San Francisco Bay under the Golden Gate Bridge.
Sept. 1, 1941, was a bad day for the Daisy Gadsby. As the 400-ton lumber schooner from Oregon sailed into San Francisco Bay that morning, the captain and crew of 24 had no idea what lay in store as the vessel veered off course due to fog and a racing ebb tide. Suddenly, not long after passing under the Golden Gate Bridge, the boat became snared in a giant steel trap. The ship could not move, and its rudder was badly damaged. It was stuck. The captain was forced to signal for help.
When the Daisy Gadsby became hopelessly entangled two months into the installation, the net ran in double thickness in an east-west direction between Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge. In case of emergency, the plan was that the two sides of net would be fanned in a north-south direction, which would make it impossible for ships, as well as submarines, to enter San Francisco Bay unless they had permission.
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