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Ukiah, a wooden-hulled, double-ended ferryboat, was built in 1890 by the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad Company at their Tiburon shipyard.She had a length at the waterline of 277 feet (84 m) (291 feet (89 m) overall), beam of 47 feet 7 inches (14.50 m)—78 feet (24 m) over guards—and hold depth of 15 feet (4.6 m). [4]
This is a list of the oldest ships in the world which have survived to this day with exceptions to certain categories. The ships on the main list, which include warships, yachts, tall ships, and vessels recovered during archaeological excavations, all date to between 500 AD and 1918; earlier ships are covered in the list of surviving ancient ships.
Women in the California Gold Rush were initially less than 4% of the population in 1850 and had many opportunities to do new things and take on new tasks in women poor California. Argonauts, as they were often called, walked over the California Trail or came by sea. About 80,000 Argonauts arrived in 1849 alone—about 40,000 over the California ...
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Californian, 1984 replica of 1847 cutter C.W. Lawrence and official tall ship of the state of California; America, 1995 replica of the 1851 yacht America that won the trophy now called the America's Cup [3] Medea, 1904 steam yacht that served in both World Wars; Pilot, 1914 harbor pilot boat; HMS Surprise, a 1970 replica of a Royal Navy frigate.
A survey conduced on February 21, 1968, by the National Register of Historical Places gave the following description (with recommendations) of the ship's condition at the time: "The deck house and all machinery, the propeller, shaft and fittings had been removed, and only the bare hull of the vessel remained.
A “Jane Doe” found in a Northern California river more than 30 years ago has been identified, providing a family member “peace” as they searched for answers, authorities said.. A woman was ...
"On the night of June 6, 1853, the clipper ship Carrier Pigeon ran aground 500 feet off shore of the central California coast. The area is now called Pigeon Point in her honor. The Carrier Pigeon was a state-of-the art, 19th Century clipper ship. She was 175 feet long with a narrow, 34 foot beam and rated at about 845 tons burden.