Casco
Steam Schooner · United States · Lost 1913 · San Francisco & the Northern California Coast
A steam schooner beached and later dynamited near Piedras Blancas after a gale drove her onto a submerged rock in 1913.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Returning north in ballast after discharging cargo at Redondo, Casco was caught in a strong gale on June 27, 1913, and struck a submerged rock north of Port San Luis. With the hold flooding faster than pumps could clear it, Captain Oscar Jacobsen beached the vessel near Piedras Blancas. No lives were lost. Salvors stripped her machinery and equipment before the remaining hull was dynamited, scattering wreckage along the beach.
Vessel
- 1906
- Official number 203452
- Kruse and Banks
- Marshfield (Coos Bay), Oregon
- Wood
- 160.8 ft
- 36.4 ft
- 533
- Steam schooner
- Swayne & Hoyt
Loss
- June 27, 1913
- Storm
- Near Point Piedras Blancas, San Luis Obispo County, California
- Pacific Ocean
- Redondo, California → San Francisco, California
- Ballast (cargo previously discharged at Redondo)
- Not established
- 0
- Oscar Jacobsen
The Wreck Today
- Not established
- Wreck was later dynamited to clear the beach after machinery and equipment were salvaged
- Not established
- Not established
- Documented by Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary maritime heritage program
Position
- 35.67° N 121.28° W
- General area only
- Point Piedras Blancas, San Luis Obispo County, California
General area only: coordinate of Point Piedras Blancas from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, marking the named place of loss recorded for this vessel, not a surveyed wreck position.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (65/100)
Present condition and precise position of any surviving wreckage are not established in the sources reviewed.
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, NOAA
Vessel statistics, loss narrative, cause, and salvage details.
coordinate of the named place of loss
