SS Farallon
Steam Schooner · United States · Lost 1910 · The Inside Passage & Alaska
A wooden Alaska Steamship Company liner ran aground in a blinding January snowstorm, stranding all aboard on a mid-winter island for a month.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
The wooden steam schooner Farallon, built in San Francisco in 1902 for the Alaska Steamship Company, ran aground on Black Reef in Cook Inlet on January 5, 1910, during a violent snowstorm. All 38 people aboard survived the wreck and made it ashore, but were stranded for roughly a month in harsh midwinter conditions before rescue arrived. Six survivors attempted to row across Shelikof Strait in search of help during the ordeal.
Vessel
- 1902
- Alexander Hay
- San Francisco, California
- Wood
- 171 ft
- 34 ft
- 749
- Steam, triple expansion, single screw
- Alaska Steamship Company
Loss
- January 5, 1910
- Grounding
- Black Reef, Cook Inlet
- Cook Inlet
- Valdez → Unalaska, via Cook Inlet and Sand Point
- 30 tons of general merchandise and mail
- 38
- 0
- J. C. Hunter
The Wreck Today
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Position
- 59.63° N 153.53° W
- Approximate position
- Black Reef, Iniskin Bay, Cook Inlet, Alaska
Estimated position from named location at Black Reef, Cook Inlet.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (75/100)
Final disposition and present condition of the wreck are not established in the sources reviewed.
Wikipedia, 'Farallon Steamship Disaster'
Loss date, cause, casualties, dimensions.
CoastView, 'SS Farallon, Black Reef'
Builder, route, master's name, and cargo details.
