Red and White Fleet is a sightseeing and charter tour company operating in the

San Francisco Bay Area The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a List of regions of California, region of California surrounding and including San Francisco Bay, and anchored by the cities of Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose, California, S ...

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since at least 1892. Based in the US, the site and the audio on the cruise are, as of 2016, available in 16 languages.

History

Thomas Crowley, founder of Crowley Launch and Tugboat Co., the precursor of

Crowley Maritime Crowley, legally Crowley Maritime Corporation, is based in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Founded in 1892, Crowley is primarily a family- and employee-owned vessel management, owner, and supply chain logistics services company, providing ...

founded the ''Red and White Fleet''. In the late 1930s, the company started the sightseeing business. In 1997, Tom Escher, the grandson of the founder, purchased the Red and White Fleet from Crowley Maritime. The company offers scenic tours of San Francisco Bay and is located at Pier 43 1/2 in Fisherman's Wharf. Red and White Fleet also offers land-based tour packages in concert with other suppliers and offers a number of charter packages for corporate events, as well. The fleet provided commuter ferry operations from 1999 to 2000 from the Richmond Ferry Terminal to

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. In September 2018 the company launched service of a

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ferry, the first built in the United States furthermore in 2020 they are expected to begin operating their first hydrogen fuel cell powered vessel.

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