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The San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park is located in San Francisco, California, United States. The park includes a fleet of historic vessels, a visitor center, a maritime museum, and a library/research facility. Formerly referred to as the San Francisco Maritime Museum, the collections were acquired by the National Park Service in ...
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park — a maritime museum and open-air museum maritime park, in the Fisherman's Wharf district of San Francisco, California. The main article for this category is San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park .
A portion of Niantic ' s hull and rudder, with several related artifacts, is in the San Francisco Maritime Museum. The display includes the ship's log kept by First Mate James Cleaveland, recording the arrival in San Francisco. A diorama shows the ship as she is believed to have appeared in 1850, converted to a storeship but not yet landlocked ...
In 2016, the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association acquired the Allen Knight collection. [3] The collection encompassed artifacts from fifty-seven sunken or disassembled vessels, boasting an impressive compilation of 9,000 ship photographs, a comprehensive research library, 250 log books, and 30 intricately crafted ship models.
The lagoon is fronted by a sandy beach and a stepped concrete seawall. To the south is a grassy area known as Victorian Park, which contains the Hyde Street cable car turnaround. Hyde Street Pier, though part of the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, is not part of Aquatic Park Historic District.
The schooner has been preserved and open to the public at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park since 1963. She is one of the last survivors of the sailing schooners in the West coast lumber trade to San Francisco from Washington, Oregon, and Northern California. She was designated a National Historic Landmark on 13 November 1966. [1]
In 1954, Pacific Queen was acquired by the San Francisco Maritime Museum, which restored her and renamed her Balclutha and moored her at Pier 41 East. [3] In 1985 she was designated a National Historic Landmark. [2] [4] In 1988, [5] she was moved to her present mooring at Hyde Street Pier of the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.
Hyde St. Pier, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, San Francisco, California Coordinates 37°48′35″N 122°25′11″W / 37.80972°N 122.41972°W / 37.80972; -122