From K-QED. I'm Olivia Allen Price, and this is Bay Curious. Today we're walking around the

Financial District in San Francisco and we have no idea where we're going.

Is this a public park?

Yeah, well is this private property on it but it feels public?

Reporter Jessica Plachik and I are trying to find this old whaling ship called the

Niantic.

It's somewhere around the Transamerica pyramid.

So I'm nervous that we won't be able to find it.

So imagine if you were asked to search for a long-lost ship,

you would probably think, okay, I guess

like we'll need a submarine or some scuba gear maybe some divers or something but this

ship is a little bit different I feel like we're getting closer like I feel like

ship vibes it's actually buried in the middle of San Francisco way underground.

Finally, after what felt like forever.

Oh! We found the ship.

Site of the ship Niantic.

Well, okay, so it wasn't actually the ship.

It was this little plaque that marked where the ship once was,

but you get the idea.

Jessica takes it from here.

So a whaling ship here in the middle of the city,

but why?

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