The Delta King is a restored paddlewheel boat that resides on the Sacramento River in Old Sacramento. The Delta King and sister ship the Delta Queen, commuted between Sacramento and San Francisco from 1927 to 1940. The ten-and-a-half hour trip included drinking, live entertainment, gambling and dining. During WWII, they were painted grey and used for various military duties ranging from floating barracks to a hospital. After the war, the Delta Queen was transported to New Orleans via the Panama Canal for service on the Mississippi River. Riverboats were no longer useful in the bay region since the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, so the Delta King languished in odd duties until it suffered its final neglect of being sunk and left half submerged in the San Francisco Bay. There it remained for several decades until a few entrepreneurs with vision, determination and a lot of cash, decided to … Read More

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