San Francisco & the Northern California Coast
Fog at the gate
Everything bound for San Francisco had to find one gap in a mountain coast, often in fog.
The bar outside the Golden Gate breaks in a heavy swell, summer fog can hide the headlands for days, and the coast north and south of the gate is rock, cliff and outlying reef. Gold rush traffic put inexperienced crews on this shore in numbers, and the losses run from side-wheel steamers to sailing ships and freighters.
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Records in These Waters
AvailableAggi
AH-WR-0413Duxbury Reef, California
1942 · Freighter
AvailableBabinda
AH-WR-0836Point Sur, Monterey County, California
1923 · Motorship
AvailableBrooklyn
AH-WR-0408Northern California coast
Date not established · Schooner
AvailableBrother Jonathan
AH-WR-1536Crescent City, California
1865 · Sidewheel Passenger Steamer
AvailableCarrier Pigeon
AH-WR-0835Pescadero, San Mateo County, California
1853 · Clipper Ship
AvailableCasco
AH-WR-0838Point Piedras Blancas, San Luis Obispo County, California
1913 · Steam Schooner
AvailableCelia
AH-WR-0837Point Joe, Pebble Beach, California
1906 · Steam Schooner
AvailableFrank H. Buck
AH-WR-0457Land's End, San Francisco, California
1937 · Oil Tanker
AvailableFrolic
AH-WR-0073Caspar, California
1850 · Sailing Ship
AvailableGipsy
AH-WR-0805McAbee Beach, Monterey, California
1905 · Steam Schooner
AvailableHartwood
AH-WR-0924Chimney Rock, Point Reyes Headlands, Marin County, California
1929 · Lumber Steamer
AvailableJane L. Stanford
AH-WR-0412Northern California coast
1929 · Steam Schooner
AvailableKing Philip
AH-WR-0072Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California
1878 · Sailing Ship
AvailableNoonday
AH-WR-0922North Farallon Island, California
1863 · Clipper Ship
AvailableSS City of Chester
AH-WR-0134Golden Gate, San Francisco, California
1888 · Passenger And Cargo Steamship
AvailableSS City of Rio de Janeiro
AH-WR-0071Fort Point, San Francisco, California
1901 · Passenger And Cargo Steamship
AvailableSS Emidio
AH-WR-0919Crescent City, Del Norte County, California
1941 · Tanker
AvailableSS Jacob Luckenbach
AH-WR-0923Gulf of the Farallones, offshore San Francisco, California
1953 · Freighter · 180 ft deep
AvailableSS Lyman Stewart
AH-WR-0458Land's End, San Francisco, California
1922 · Oil Tanker
AvailableSS Montebello
AH-WR-0245Cambria, California
1941 · Tanker · 900 ft deep
AvailableSS Munleon
AH-WR-0921Point Reyes Headlands, Marin County, California
1931 · Freighter
AvailableSS Northerner
AH-WR-0406Cape Mendocino, California
1860 · Steamship
AvailableSS Noyo
AH-WR-0740Point Arena, Mendocino County, California
1918 · Steam Schooner
AvailableSS Ohioan
AH-WR-0074Point Lobos, San Francisco, California
1936 · Bulk Freighter · 30 ft deep
AvailableSS Palo Alto
AH-WR-0226Aptos, California
1930 · Concrete Tanker
AvailableSS Pomona
AH-WR-0734Fort Ross, Sonoma County, California
1908 · Passenger And Freight Steamer · 17-60 deep
AvailableSS Selja
AH-WR-0135Point Reyes, California
1910 · Cargo Steamer
AvailableSS Tennessee
AH-WR-0456Tennessee Cove, Marin County, California
1853 · Sidewheel Steamer
AvailableSuejac
AH-WR-0394Northern California coast
Date not established · Steam Schooner
AvailableToro
AH-WR-0395Northern California coast
Date not established · Steam Schooner
Historical ListingUSS Conestoga
AH-WR-0455Southeast Farallon Island, California
1921 · Fleet Tug · 189 ft deep
Historical ListingUSS Independence
AH-WR-0806Farallon Islands, California
1951 · Light Aircraft Carrier · 2600 ft deep
Historical ListingUSS Macon
AH-WR-0804Point Sur, California
1935 · Rigid Airship · 1500 ft deep
Historical ListingUSS Milwaukee
AH-WR-0920Samoa Beach, Humboldt Bay, Eureka, California
1917 · Protected Cruiser · 0 ft deep
