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2. San Salvador (Cabrillo's ship) - Wikipedia

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   San Diego replica of the San Salvador, Cabrillo's flagship. San Salvador was the flagship of explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (João Rodrigues Cabrilho in Portuguese). She was a 100-foot (30 m) full-rigged galleon with 10-foot (3.0 m) draft and capacity of 200 tons. [1] She carried officers, crew, and a priest.

3. Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo - Wikipedia

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   On September 28, he landed in what is now San Diego Bay and named it "San Miguel". [21] A little over a week later he reached Santa Catalina Island (October 7), which he named "San Salvador", after his flagship. [22] On sending a boat to the island "a great crowd of armed Indians appeared" – whom, however, they later "befriended".

4. Maritime Museum of San Diego - Wikipedia

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   She was launched in 2015 and is stationed at the San Diego Bay Embarcadero as part of the Museum's fleet of historic and replica ships. She opened for public tours in September 2016 in conjunction with the Maritime Museum's annual Festival of Sail. Later that month she is expected to start making coastal tours up the California coast. [7]

5. Cabrillo National Monument - Wikipedia

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   The park offers a view of San Diego's harbor and skyline, as well as Coronado and Naval Air Station North Island. On clear days, a wide expanse of the Pacific Ocean, Tijuana, and Mexico's Coronado Islands are also visible. A visitor center screens a film about Cabrillo's voyage and has exhibits about the expedition.

6. San Diego Bay - Wikipedia

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   San Diego Bay is a natural harbor and deepwater port in San Diego County, California, near the Mexico–United States border. The bay, which is 12 miles (19 km) long and 1 to 3 miles (1.6 to 4.8 km) wide, is the third largest of the three large, protected natural bays on California's 840 miles (1,350 km) of coastline, after San Francisco Bay ...

7. Spanish Landing Park - Wikipedia

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   The Spanish ships San Antonio and San Carlos landed ship's boats at the site in 1769, looking for fresh water on the San Diego River, on their San Diego expedition. San Antonio arrived in San Diego Bay on April 11, 1769, and San Carlos on April 29. They came ashore on May 1, 1769, and set up a base camp on May 14.

8. USS Calvert (APA-32) - Wikipedia

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   In November 1960 Calvert departed San Diego, with Comphibron 5 aboard and returned to San Diego in July 1961. An overview includes stops at Pearl Harbor, Yokosuka, Iwakuni and many months spent at Buckner Bay in Okinawa. Other stops included Manila, Subic Bay, Hong Kong, Chinhae Korea, and troop exercises on an island in North Borneo.

9. USS Frontier - Wikipedia

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   On 15 March 1960 she became flagship of Destroyer Flotilla 3, remaining at Long Beach to provide services until 28 January 1961 when she sailed for Pearl Harbor. Frontier was decommissioned 28 June 1968 at Naval Station San Diego , California ; struck from the Naval Register 1 December 1972, after which time she was transferred to the Maritime ...