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2. List of shipwrecks of California - Wikipedia

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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.

3. List of shipwrecks of Humboldt County, California - Wikipedia

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   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

4. Cal Yachts - Wikipedia

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   Cal Yachts (also known as Jensen Marine and Cal Boats) was a manufacturer of performance oriented fiberglass sailboats from the 1960s to the 1980s. The Costa Mesa , California , headquartered company was founded in 1957, among the earliest of all-fiberglass, mass-production sailboat builders.

5. Maritime history of California - Wikipedia

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   In 1969, the US Navy transferred its (Vietnam War) Brown Water Navy Riverine Training Forces from Coronado, California, to Mare Island. Swift Boats (Patrol Craft Fast-PCF), and PBRs (Patrol Boat River), among other types of riverine craft, conducted boat operations throughout the currently named Napa-Sonoma Marshes State Wildlife Area, which ...

6. General Frisbie (steamship) - Wikipedia

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   Although it seems likely that Commander missed the 1939 fishing season after she was repossessed by Seattle First National Bank, by 1940 she was tied to the cannery dock again in Moser Bay. [6] Having had her engines removed in 1939, [ 46 ] it is likely that she spent the remainder of her career there as part of the cannery operations until she ...

7. Pillar Point Harbor - Wikipedia

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   Pillar Point Harbor is a boat harbor created by a riprap breakwater in San Mateo County, California, immediately north of Half Moon Bay. It is used by both pleasure craft and small commercial fishing boats. The Ohlone people inhabited the region into much of the 19th century, and a number of recorded shipwrecks occurred in the immediate area ...