Fun fact, entirely unrelated to this article. The Niantic was a ship from the California Gold Rush. Sailors were so eager to secure their fortune that they wou

Fun fact, entirely unrelated to this article. The Niantic was a ship from the California Gold Rush. Sailors were so eager to secure their fortune that they would often abandon ship as soon as they anchored in San Francisco. At one point there were hundreds of abandoned ships floating in the bay. You can see them in this [1] photo from 1851. The Niantic was one of the comparatively lucky ships that got converted into a warehouse and hotel [2]. You can still visit it to this day, at the Maritime Museum in San Francisco [3]. [1] http://www.foundsf.org/images/b/b4/Downtwn1%24yerba-buena-cove-1851.jpg http://www.foundsf.org/images/b/b4/Downtwn1%24yerba-buena-co... [2] https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I0VV5z4rats/Ws-ns4ikAOI/AAAAAAAAG2s/cBbeXZlr5eQ8pznZfXgtz6SURb1QIBLIQCEwYBhgL/s1600/Niantic%2Bstorehouse%2Bmodel.jpg https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I0VV5z4rats/Ws-ns4ikAOI/AAAAAAAAG... [3] https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niantic_stern_and_rudder,_built_1832,_burnt_in_the_Great_Fire_of_1851_-_San_Francisco_Maritime_Museum_-_San_Francisco,_CA_-_DSC04093.jpg https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niantic_stern_and_...