Maritime Museum of San Diego

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The Maritime Museum of San Diego, established in 1948, preserves one of the largest collections of historic sea vessels in the United States. Located in the San Diego Bay, the centerpiece of the museum's collection is the Star of India, an 1863 iron bark. The museum maintains the MacMullen Library and Research Archives aboard the 1898 ferryboat Berkeley. The museum also publishes the quarterly peer-reviewed journal Mains'l Haul: A Journal of Pacific Maritime History.

Vessels in the museum's collection

Star of India, 1863 merchant bark
Berkeley, 1898 ferryboat from the San Francisco Bay area
Californian, 1984 replica of 1847 cutter C.W. Lawrence and official tall ship of the state of California
Medea, 1904 yacht that served in both World Wars
Pilot, 1914 harbor pilot boat
HMS Surprise, 1970 replica of a Royal Navy frigate used in the movie
B-39, Soviet submarine

Not affiliated with the Maritime Museum but located a short distance away is the independently operated USS Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum. Although at first it was feared the Midway would compete with the Maritime Museum for visitors, in fact visitation of the Maritime Museum has increased since the Midway museum opened.^{[#endnote_free_01]}

Image:SDMM-ships-museum-overall.jpg|Overall view of the museum's ships. Image:Starofindia.jpg|The Star of India. Image:HMS-Surprise-overall.jpg|The HMS Surprise. Image:B-39 front.jpg|The B-39.

Notes

↑ Sauer, Mark [Aircraft carrier Midway finds itself awash in visitors] February 13,2005 San Diego Union Tribune - Accessed 23 March 2006

External links

[Maritime Museum of San Diego]
[Collections of the Jerry MacMullen Library at the San Diego Maritime Museum], 1992 article from The Journal of San Diego History, by Craig Arnold.

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