George E. Billings
Lumber Schooner · United States · Lost Year reported as 1941; exact date not established. · The Channel Islands
A rare five-masted lumber schooner hauled Pacific coast timber for decades before being scuttled off Santa Barbara Island in 1941.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Built in 1903 by the Hall Brothers of Port Blakely, Washington, George E. Billings was a 224-foot five-masted schooner that carried lumber from the Pacific Northwest to ports across the Pacific and Southern California. After decades in the lumber trade, she was converted into a sport-fishing barge before her owner scuttled her off Santa Barbara Island around 1941. Government archaeologists identified the wreck in 2011 after years of searching.
Vessel
- 1903
- Hall Brothers
- Port Blakely, Washington
- Wood
- 224 ft
- Not established
- Not established
- Sail
- Hall Brothers
Loss
- Year reported as 1941; exact date not established.
- Intentional sinking
- Off Santa Barbara Island, California
- Pacific Ocean
- Not established
- Not established
- Not established
- 0
- Not established
The Wreck Today
- Not established
- Located and documented by archaeologists in 2011
- Not established
- 2011
- Within Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
Position
- 33.48° N 119.04° W
- General area only
- Santa Barbara Island, California
General area only: coordinate of Santa Barbara Island from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, marking the named place of loss recorded for this vessel (off Santa Barbara Island), not a surveyed wreck position.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (80/100)
NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Build details, service history, scuttling, and 2011 discovery.
coordinate of the named place of loss
