Wikipedia:Meetup/Los Angeles/April 2022
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Everyone is cordially invited to tour the Battleship USS Iowa Museum in San Pedro, California.
Meetup details
File:Battleship USS Iowa at the Port of Los Angeles.jpg
- Date: Saturday April 23, 2022
- Start time: 12:00PM PDT / 1200
- End Time: 4:00PM PDT / 1600
- Location: USS Iowa Museum
- {{Official website|https://www.pacificbattleship.com/}}
- [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Battleship+USS+Iowa+Museum/@33.7422615,-118.2772823,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x8183b6406a7e24eb!8m2!3d33.7422615!4d-118.2772823 Google Maps]
Wikimedians visit the USS Iowa Museum. Normal pass price is [https://www.pacificbattleship.com/museum_visit/museum_tours/ ~$24/person]. Take photographs to later upload to Wikimedia Commons. Learn about the battleship and its history, which can lead to persons to look up reliable sources, to improve/grow content on Wikipedia. Hopefully [https://www.drachinifel.co.uk/us-trip-april-2022 meet with YouTube personality & naval historian] Drachinifel.
=Getting there=
The ex-USS Iowa (BB-61) is located at the Port of Los Angeles just south of its cruise ship terminal. It is near the southern terminus of Interstate 110. For those driving there, carpooling is encouraged, and paid parking is adjacent to the museum. It is also possible to use Los Angeles Metro Bus, route 205, to get there; nearest stops are [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Harbor+%2F+1st/@33.7430193,-118.2808769,388m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x8183b6406a7e24eb!2sBattleship+USS+Iowa+Museum!8m2!3d33.7422615!4d-118.2772823!3m4!1s0x80dd3639a5958fd1:0xc399a2a247107762!8m2!3d33.743019!4d-118.279778 Harbor/1st] & [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Harbor+Blvd.+%26+6th+St./@33.7378701,-118.2799405,162m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x8183b6406a7e24eb!2sBattleship+USS+Iowa+Museum!8m2!3d33.7422615!4d-118.2772823!3m4!1s0x80dd36371c3d7e83:0xe0211ea5d4591604!8m2!3d33.738509!4d-118.27959 Harbor Blvd. & 6th St.]. Another possibility is to take J Line to Harbor Beacon Park & Ride.
Attendee list
=Hosts=
File:San Diego Wikimedians User Group.png
- {{user|RightCowLeftCoast}}
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=Maybe=
External link
- [https://www.facebook.com/events/410187130443367/ Facebook event page]
- [https://www.meetup.com/SanDiegoWikimediansUserGroup/events/285335571/ Meetup.com event page]