a,nd other ferries ram24 hours a day to rescue citizens from the burning eity. BERKELEY Cra,mmed aboard tlae Berkeleyby the hrrn- dreds, these refugees from the urath of 189'8 Ferryboat na,ture were taken safely a,cross the Bay. h$:' eywa,sbuilt at the With the completion of the East Bay dllfiIluion Iron Works in San Bridge in 1989, the Berkeleywas cisco and was launctred on retained a,s a "train boat," and was used OrtOber 18, 1898, in the pres- to carry passengers from Sa,n Franciseo efibe of 2,O0O invited guests. to the trains at Oakland Pier. This ser- She was soon tested a,t 121/2 knots and, vice was termina,ted in 1958, the steaming for the Southern Pacific Berkeley then being sold to serve as & Railroad, quickly became the first suc- "trade fair" at Sausalito, where she cessful propeller-driven ferry on the West stayed until acquired by the San Diego Coast. Her prima,ry service route for 6O Maritime Museum in 1978. years was between Sa,n Fra,ncisco and Oakland, with occasional substitution round 19OO, the Berkeleyw-flS for other ferries on the Sausalito run. converted from a eoal burner to an oilburner, and in 1918, her This vessel wa,s fairly t5pical in appear- original Sooteh boilers were ance for a ferry of the late Victorian Era, repla,oed by water tube boilers. but she wa,s more elaborate than most. Be sure to visit her engine room and Today you can still see mueh of her origi- boiler room below the main deck, where nal lavish woodwork, as well as her you ean see her superb triple-expansion beautiful stained-glass clerestory in the steam engine in operation. upper deek pa,ssenger eabin. While in service shuttling railroad passexrgers The Berkeleyhas been called "the hest and commuters around San Franciseo preserved 19th century ferryboat ln Bay, she boasted a, restaurant below her existenee." Still a popular vessel urith main deck (an area, now used for our her upper deek rentable for weddings yachting exhibits) a,nd a snaek ba,r on and social occasions, she nras declared a her upper deck. The upper deck was National Historic Landmark in 199O. called the "Ladies Deck" in those very proper days, and the gentlemen had to sit Length 0verall: 261' with the baggage carts on the main deek. Beam:4O' Depth:14' Engine: steam, triple expansion The Berkeley'smost heroic exploit ca,rne Gross Ibnnage: 1945 in April of 19O6. Iluring the fire that swept San Franciseo following the earth- guake of April 18, the Berkeley Earlytlrr:World War fI, Medeaioined the Royal ffay.54 as abarrage balloon vessel MEDEA at th+:mouth of ttre River Thames. Later she went baekto Scotland and was used 1904 $team Yacht by the Norwegian Navy, based theie, as an aceommodation ship for Norwegian com- mando offieers. The year 194G saw .& her back in private I L British ha,nds, cruising T g off Cornwall and the ! ,$E Isle of Wight. During t, the 195Os and 196Os, Medea operated as a eharter yacht, a,nd at last ura,s sold to a Swedish owner in 1969. In 19?1, she wa,s pur- cha,sed by Paul Whittier, a wealthy American, who subse- Ite Medeawas bullt for Wtlllam , quently restored Medea a.nd donated her Ma,calister Hall of lbrrisdale to the SanIllego Maritime Museum. She Castle, Scotla,nd, by Stephen of arrived here on July 14,1979, and San Linttrrouse. August 29., t'g(A, Diego has been her-home ever since. saw her eompleted and launched Length Overall: l4O' with steam in the boiler after a record Beam:1?' building time of 51 working days. Built Maximum Draft: lO' of steel, decked and housed with imported Engine: Steam,2 eylinder compound teak and finished off inside with quarter- Gross Tonnage: 112 sawn English oak, the rrhole effect was by all accounts very plea,sing. Medea, was named for a figure of Greek legend. STAN OF INDIA Her 254 horsepower eompound recipro- eating engine will propel her at 1O knots, but her economical cruising speed is 8 1868 Sailing Ship 1/2 knots. Built with a coal-fired boiler, he Sta,r of Ind.iabegan her life she was converted to oil in 1964. as the British full-rigged ship frutetpe, named for the anaient Macalister Hall, a wealthy landowner Greek muse of music. She was and British Army officer, used Medea larrnched at Ra,msey, Isle of mainly for social oecasions and hunting Man, on Novembet 14,1863, as one of the trips around the isles and loehs of west- earliest iron-trulled ships to be built. ern Scotland. By the start of World War I, she wa,s in the hands of the man who A merchantman, Euterpe's first six voy- built her, John Stephen. Later during ages were to India. She got off to an was purchased by the the war, she unlucky start, suffering a collision and a, French Navy and converted into a gun- mutiny before eompleting her first voy- boat named Cornellle. Armed with a age in 1864. In 1865, on her second voy- ?5mm grrn, depth charges a,nd an obser- age round the Cape of Good Hope, she va,tion balloon, she opera,ted as a convoy encountered a cyelone in the Bay of escort for Freneh sailing ships. After Bengal. The crew were obliged to eut the war, back under British colors and away her topmasts and let them go by resuming her old name, stre uras owned the board to avoid a knockdown. Late& by two members of Parliament and sev- following repa,irs at Calcutta,, her first eral yactrtsmen. Based at Gibraltar, she captain died on the voyage home and cruised the Mediterranean Sea. was buried at sea. Er n 1871, following her withdrawal lill from the India jute trade, Euterpe i=ll wa,s purchased by the London firm |!| of Straw Savill (later Shaw, Savill & Albion). Under their flag, Euterpe made- 21 trips around the world, mainly hauling emigrants to New Zea,land, and wool or other cargo homeward. In this hard service Eutetpe dodged ieebergs in the eold Southern Ocea,n, weathered many storms, and suffered sev- eral more collisions. She carried as many as 4OO emigrants per trip, most of them tightly packed in steerage on her 'trreert deck. ft was a, great relief for all to sight land after up to four months at sea. From 1898 to 19OO, Euterpewa,s regis- tered as a Hawaiian vessel. During this t period she enga,ged in ttre trans-Pacifie trade with cargoes of Puget Sound tim- ber, Australian eoal, and Hawaiian sugar. (You can still see the timber ports cut in her stern.) Euterpebeca,me an American ship in 19OO, and in l9O1 she was purehased by the Alaska Packers of San Franeisco. This association rigged her down to a ba,rk, whieh she remains today. The ffi Packers renamed her Star of Indiailr 1906, and sent her up to the Bering Sea purcha,sed every spring from 19OZ ttrrough 1923, to San Diegans the ship and work in the salmon fishery. It was brought her here the follourlng year, rugged voyaging, rrith ice packs some- later to become a maritime mrrseum. times freezing the old bark in place. The Star of Indiabeeame a National y 1929, steamships ruled the Historic Landmark in 1966 and her seas. The Star otlndia,was laid restoration was finished by 1976, when up in retirement at Alameda. she sailed off our coast for the first time fn 1926, an ambitious group of in nearly 5O years. Since then, stre has gone to sea five addi- tional times. Th.e Star of India is the oldest squa,re-rigged ship still sailing; as such, she is a gallant survivor of the Great Age of Sail, and a, fitting tribute to the "Iron Men" who took such vessels around the world. Length Overall: 278' Beam:35' Maximum Draft: 21.5' Rig: originally shlp, now bark Gross Tonnage: 1197 SAN DIEGO MANITIME MUSEUM he San Diego Maritime Museum was founded in 1948 to perpetuate the glories of maritime history. The Museum grew out ofthe acquisition of the sailing ship Star of India by a group of local historians in 1927. Chief among them wa,s author Jerry MacMullen, who kept the dream of restor- ing the Star af India. alive for 5o yea,rs. With the sailing of the old bark off San Diego in 1976, he sa,ur his dream fulfilled. Along with lhe Star of India, the Museum preserves and interprets ttre steam vessels Berkeleyaned, Med.ea. The engines ofboth vessels are operational, Medea's with steam and Berkeley's with electro-hydraulie power. Th.e Medea steams around San Diego Bay, while the Siar oflndia sails offour coast every few years. The Berkeley sta,ys in place and serves as the "hea,dquarters vessel" of the Museum fleet, housing workshops, offices, and a maritime library. Fine exhibits are on display on all three vessels, and the library is open to the public. Maritime Museum memberstrips are available ranging from $25 a year to $2,OOO for a Life Membership. Many benefits a,re ava,ilable througtr Maritime Museum membership: mem- bership programs, special events, sub- seriptions to our newsletter and histor- icalJournal, discounts in the Museum Store, book loans from the library, and-best of all-the knowledge that your support is keeping alive our Maritime Heritage. So sign a,board today! Ask any Museum staffer for a membership application, fill it out, and send it in.