Restoring the Aurora, a cruise ship with a storied past
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The year was 1955, and the Wappen Von Hamburg had just started its life, ferrying tourists from Hamburg, Germany to the island of Helgoland in the North Sea.
So, how the heck did that ship end up, six decades later, on a river near Stockton, California, surrounded by blueberry fields?
"I was actually surfing on Craigslist one day and this thing popped up," said Chris Willson, current owner of the ship, which has been re-christened Aurora. "And it kind of piqued my curiosity.
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