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A World War II Naval seaplane tender was named after Half Moon Bay. After the war, the ship went on to serve as a Coast Guard weather reporting ship for over 20 years.
Hugging the northern California Coast, north of Santa Cruz and south of San Francisco, Half Moon Bay is one of the most desirable stretches of oceanfront community in the country. With a population just above 11,300 residents, Half Moon Bay is the best of small town life, tourist destination, and natural wonder, all rolled into one. Half Moon Bay began as grazing lands for Mission, San Francisco, in the 1770s. It continued in this agricultural tradition as part of the Ranch Corral de Tierra Mexican land grant in the 1830s. Fishing soon joined grazing as the basis of the local economy. Despite the arrival of limited railroad service in the early 20th century, this area stayed sleepy, taking advantage of heavy coastal fog to become a hot spot of rum running during Prohibition. View Half Moon Bay City Guide