Bradford Island in the Sacramento Delta where it sat for years. Gardner removed and sold everything of value from the ship and used it as a storage building, cutting a hole in the hull on the port side near the waterline to use as a door. On 7 September 2004, Gardner was fatally shot by his neighbor. In 2005, Gardner's widow donated the ship to United States Navy veteran Mike Warren, who served on Lucid as an engineman in the 1960s. Since late 1999, Warren and his "Save an MSO Foundation" had unsuccessfully tried to save an as a museum ship as they were being decommissioned and replaced by the new . The government refused to give one of the last six MSOs to the public, claiming that it was governmental policy not to donate wooden ships due to the cost and magnitude of the maintenance required for upkeep. Eventually, all six ships were dismantled at a cost to the government in excess of $3.5 million. Warren and a group of volunteers began the monumental task of restoring Lucid by first removing the tons of junk that had accumulated over the years and then repairing the hole in her side. Museum ship Lucid was finally acquired by the Stockton Maritime Museum and in November 2011, she was moved from Bradford Island to her new berth in Stockton, California at a pier of the former Naval Reserve Center on Monte Diablo Avenue. On 15 March 2012, USS Lucid was dedicated at a ribbon cutting ceremony presented by the Stockton Maritime Museum and the San Joaquin Building Futures Academy where she is now located. Academy students and volunteers are currently restoring the ship. Upon return to her original appearance, Lucid will be moved to the historic shipbuilding area near Weber Point in downtown Stockton where over a thousand boats and ships were built, beginning in the 1850s and ending in the 1980s. She will serve to honor Stockton’s maritime and shipbuilding history, the men and women who labored there, former and active duty Navy and those who served aboard the small vessels that were such a big part of the United States Navy. The goal is to have the ship moved downtown and on display by October, 2025--the 250th anniversary of the United States Navy--open to the public for tours and special events Awards and decorations National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service