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"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.
A St. Louis-class protected cruiser that ran aground off Samoa, California in a naval fiasco during refloating attempts of USS H-3 ( United States Navy). The Milwaukee was a total loss. [ 3 ] [ 6 ] 40°48′44″N 124°11′54″W / 40.812300°N 124.198333°W / 40.812300; -124.198333 ( USS Milwaukee
Shipwrecks of the California coast, in the Pacific Ocean; Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. S. Shipwrecks on the National Register of ...
The maps and charts were poor and the California coast was often shrouded in fog, so most journeys were well off shore to avoid the Farallon and California Channel Islands. After sailing about 1,500 miles (2,400 km) south and passing the Baja Peninsula tip and crossing the Gulf of California they followed the western coast of Mexico to Acapulco ...
A captain has been found guilty of “seaman’s manslaughter” over a blaze that killed 34 people asleep on a scuba diving boat off California.. Jerry Boylan was in charge of the Conception when ...
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There are 34 Areas of Special Biological Significance (ASBS) off the coast of California. These are marine areas that "support an unusual variety of aquatic life, and often host unique individual species" that are monitored for water quality by the California State Water Resources Control Board .
One to four such boats are abandoned on San Diego County beaches each week, said Robert Butler, chief executive of TowBoatUS San Diego, the marine salvage company hired to remove them.