AH-WR-0451

Mindanao

Schooner · United States · Lost 1946 · Southern California & Catalina

A former Pacific lumber schooner, later a sportfishing barge, intentionally burned and sunk off Newport Beach in 1946.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Built in 1902 at Aberdeen, Washington, as a four-masted lumber schooner, Mindanao carried Pacific Northwest timber for two decades, surviving a shipboard fire in 1925 while under tow to Fiji. She later served as a sportfishing barge off Newport Beach and was deliberately burned and scuttled about a mile offshore on May 27, 1946.

Vessel

Built: 1902
Builder: Not established
Yard: Aberdeen, Washington
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: May 27, 1946
Cause: Intentional sinking
Location: About one mile offshore, Newport Beach, California
Water: Pacific Ocean
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: 100 ft
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: 33.62° N 117.93° W
Accuracy: General area only
Nearest: Newport Beach, California
Region: Southern California & Catalina

General area only: coordinate of Newport Beach from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, marking the named place of loss recorded for this vessel (about one mile offshore, Newport Beach), not a surveyed wreck position.