My recollection is that when the Uncle Sam went out of service there was a 34'(+/-) steel hulled cabin cruiser used to keep the mail contract active. I think she served for a season or two until the PT boat was fitted out. The PT boat was launched in Glendale. No RR connection there so I have to believe she was shipped by road. The only rail siding/launch I recall was in Lakeport, and probably inactive if not removed, by 1961.
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