SS Lyman Stewart
Oil Tanker · United States · Lost 1922 · San Francisco & the Northern California Coast
A Union Oil tanker beached and lost near the Golden Gate after a foggy collision in 1922, resting near where her sister ship would sink fifteen years later.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Launched in 1914 by Union Iron Works for the Union Oil Company of California, Lyman Stewart carried oil along the West Coast for eight years. On October 7, 1922, she collided with the steamer Walter Luckenbach in fog near the Golden Gate and was run aground to avoid sinking, becoming a total loss. Her sister ship, Frank H. Buck, would sink in almost the same spot fifteen years later.
Vessel
- 1914
- US Official Number 212860, code letters LFBW
- Union Iron Works
- San Francisco, California
- Steel
- 408.8 ft
- 55.5 ft
- 6054
- Steam, triple expansion, single screw
- Union Oil Company of California
Loss
- October 7, 1922
- Collision
- Near the Golden Gate, San Francisco, California
- Pacific Ocean
- Not established
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The Wreck Today
- Not established
- Engine visible at low tide, near sister ship Frank H. Buck
- Not established
- 2014
- Within Golden Gate National Recreation Area / Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
Position
- 37.78° N 122.51° W
- Approximate position
- Land's End, San Francisco, California
Position approximates the Lands End shoreline where the wreck engine is visible.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (85/100)
Build details, ownership, collision, and loss.
NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Frank H. Buck / Lyman Stewart Fact Sheet
Loss location and shared wreck site with Frank H. Buck.
