Tag archives: USS Santa Barbara

“Where do you park the USS Santa Barbara?” Not at the Santa Barbara Carriage Museum, apparently. But sailors from the namesake warship came ashore with a pot of chili christened “Anchor Drop,” ready for action at the Santa Barbara Navy League’s eighth annual Chili Cook-Off. Eighteen teams put their best beans forward, from Navy and […]

It was definitely a ship to shore moment when hotel magnate Pat Nesbitt and his wife Ursula hosted a boffo bash for the captain and crew of the newly commissioned USS Santa Barbara at Bella Vista, their scenic oceanside 20-acre Summerland estate. The fun fête, assisted by the local council of the U.S. Navy League, […]

It was one hull of a night when 50 maritime mavens turned out for a commissioning bash for the USS Santa Barbara at the Summerland estate of Pat and Ursula Nesbitt. Emcee Andrew Firestone helped raise more than $350,000 to outfit the 127-foot trimaran hulled aluminum 70-crew vessel, the third to be named after our […]