Show OLD VESSEL NOW A CHURCH place of worship and home for sailor ore on the pacific coat coast near san it would b be s uffe alt to lind and a great er oddity in church architecture thin the seamans bethel on Rattle rattlesnake snaVe island close to the port purt of san pedro off the coast of california it Is thy the decayed and weather beaten hulk of at a an old ship that used to ply the salt reas becoming coming He it was beached made fast with cables and tr transformed into a church the seamans bethel la Is a mission church that come coine into san pedro harbor and of the fisli ermen of rattle battle snake island all the machinery and seagoing ee fixture have been remove removed d from the old hulk and the room P ships that used to open into the en gine room have been combined into the assembly hall ball the after deck has been boarded in and transformed transform pd into a reading room tables and chairs with many books magazines and newspapers git give the place a bj bi melike appearance and hero the rollers of the seven seis seas with jib human derelicts from many lands congregate in the and evening st to and find out what Is I 1 going goina on in the great v orld really the seaman seamans s bethel Is a sort of institutional church the jitter after part of the bold has been fitted up as a gymnasium here also Is a bowl ing alley and in another corner are bathtubs and a water heater beater anotoli a er r part of the hold bold Is fitted up aitu bunks where the bailor sailor who finds hlo self 1 broke between voyages Is in mad made elcome to spend tho the night or ts many fighte aa he pleases IA J |