AH-WR-1619

California

Fishing Vessel · Lost 1955 · Cape Ann & the Gulf of Maine

The Gloucester fishing vessel foundered off Rockport on 15 September 1955.

Become Captain of Record

Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

California was built at Boston in 1917. The Gloucester fishing vessel foundered off Rockport on 15 September 1955. BUAR places the loss between the Little Salvages and Dry Salvages.

Vessel

Built: 1917
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Diesel, propeller
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: September 15, 1955
Cause: Not established
Location: Between Little Salvages and Dry Salvages, Rockport
Water: Massachusetts Bay
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: Not established
Accuracy: Position not established
Nearest: Between Little Salvages and Dry Salvages, Rockport
Region: Cape Ann & the Gulf of Maine

No verified wreck position adopted from the sources reviewed.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (80/100)

Present condition, precise position and casualty figures are not established here.

Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources
Vessel identity, type, loss date or year, and named loss locality.