California State Lands Commission Shipwreck Information Notice and disclaimer Shipwrecks are considered archaeological sites that may be protected under state law.1 The information shown below is taken from the California State Lands Commission (CSLC) Shipwreck Database. This information was taken from books, old newspapers, and other contemporary accounts that do not contain precise locations. Not all shipwrecks are listed and many ships were salvaged or re-floated. Project planners preparing CEQA and NEPA documents may request a search of the CSLC’s Shipwreck Database. Additional information is available for some shipwrecks.2 Please contact the Shipwreck Database Coordinator at [email protected] for further information. This information is not intended to be nor shall it be construed as a waiver or limitation of any interest of the State in the subject or any other property. Disclaimer of Liability: This information is not suitable for any legal purpose. The CSLC makes no warranty of any kind, express or implied, nor assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any of the information. The CSLC assumes no legal liability or responsibility for anyone's use of the information. 1 California Public Resources Code section 6314. Unauthorized removal of or damage to archaeological site or historical resource; Punishment. 2 Not all information may be available to the general public. (California Government Code section 6254.10. Archaeological site information.) California State Lands Commission Shipwreck Information Ship's Name Type Year Built Year Sunk Cause Owner Captain Length Beam Tonnage Engine County A C Dutton Barge 1953 Wrecked Sonoma A Crosby Schooner 1869 Foundered 70 sail Santa Cruz A F Jordan Two Masted Schooner 1878 Wrecked Crack 181 sail Mendocino A J Burr Schooner 1868 Foundered King sail Farallon Islands A J Mouje Schooner 1869 Stranded sail Mendocino J.G. Jackson, Caspar Abbie Schooner 1876 1890 Grounded Lumber Co. Hansen 98.5 feet 29.5 feet 146 sail Mendocino Aberdeen Three Masted Ship 1847 1852 Wrecked 154 feet 32.4 feet 718 sail San Francisco 425 hp compound Aberdeen Steam schooner 1899 1916 Grounded Fred Lindeman Knudson, Peter 170 feet 34 feet 499 steam San Francisco Abraham Lincoln Gas motor vessel 1925 1931 Explosion 77 feet 71 San Mateo Acadia Bark 1861 Grounded Gage sail Humboldt Acalin Purse seiner 1928 1934 Stranded Frank Acalin Acalin, Frank 73 feet 18.7 feet 87 diesel Marin Ace #1 Barge 1944 1948 Foundered 96 Orange Ace of Clubs Steamboat 1869 Snagged Achille Paladini Fishing boat 1937 1956 Wrecked 98 Oil screw Mendocino Acme #1 Steam screw 1888 1889 Stranded 72 feet 22 feet 77 Sonoma Active Schooner 1872 1876 Stranded 92 feet 29 feet 148 sail Santa Cruz North Pacific Steamship Active Steam schooner 1849 1870 Stranded Company Lyons, C. E. 172 feet 27 feet 510 2 inclined/210 hp Humboldt Acuelo Ship 1872 Stranded McKay 800 sail San Mateo Ada Hancock Steam screw 1859 1863 Explosion Gen. Pheanias T. Banning 65 feet 83 Los Angeles Ada May Two Masted Schooner 1880 Stranded sail San Mateo Adelaide Two Masted Schooner 1883 1889 Parted lines Mortensen 96.5 feet 28.25 feet 130 sail Mendocino Adelaide Cooper Bark 1853 1879 Stranded 297 sail Los Angeles Adele Hobson Motor vessel 1904 1934 Burned A.F. Johnston A.F. Johnston 73 oil screw Contra Costa Admiral Oil screw 1900 1949 Foundered 26 San Diego Admiral Goodrick Steam schooner 1913 1923 Stranded Humboldt Admiralen 1911 Humboldt Adonde 1941 South Channel Islands Adriatic Oil screw 1920 1930 42 South Channel Islands Advance Brig 1870 Wrecked Foye 210 sail Ventura Advance Three Masted Schooner 1932 42 South Channel Islands Aeine Gas screw 1913 Burned San Francisco Aeolus Brig 1863 Wrecked sail Humboldt Aeriel 1888 Mendocino AF-2W Guardian Aircraft 0 U.S. Navy tow parted, cargo Aggi Bark 1894 1915 shift Norwegian Olsen, Ansker 265 feet 39.1 feet 1898 sail North Channel Islands Agnes Gas motor vessel 1886 1931 Foundered 53 San Joaquin Agnes Jones Scow schooner 1889 Burned sail Sonoma Struck rock, lost Agnes Nicholaisen Two Masted Schooner 1876 1886 rudder Nicholaisen 68 Mendocino Agram 1940 Wrecked Orange Ahmrietta Schooner 1879 Wrecked 98 sail Humboldt Aimeer Two Masted Schooner 1870 1871 Stranded 86 feet 26 feet 96.25 sail San Francisco Oregon Coal and Lumber Ajax Steam screw 1888 1890 Grounded Co. Donaldson 212 feet 32 feet 534 Humboldt Ajax Two Masted Schooner 1869 Parted moorings E. W. Burr Ahern 74 sail Mendocino Alaska Steamship 1899 1921 Grounded Big Three Line 327 feet 45 feet 3709 Humboldt Page 1 California State Lands Commission Shipwreck Information Ship's Name Type Year Built Year Sunk Cause Owner Captain Length Beam Tonnage Engine County Alaskan 1910 San Diego Albatross Gas fishing boat 0 1926 gasoline South Channel Islands Albert 1874 Marin Albert Three Masted Bark 1890 1919 Stranded 682 sail Marin Albert and Edward Two Masted Schooner 1875 1876 Stranded 96 sail Mendocino Albert Harris Pilot schooner 1850 Grounded sail San Francisco Albert Walter Schooner 1889 Abandoned sail Mendocino Albion Coal steamer 1861 1893 Grounded Richardson Co. Jacobs 120 feet 31 feet 202 Mendocino Albion Steam screw schooner 1892 1913 Stranded G. H. Collins 120 feet 31 feet 215 2cyl, 1101hp Sonoma Albion River Steam schooner 1902 1903 Grounded B F Weston Basch 137.1 feet 31.7 feet 382 Sonoma Alcatraz Sternwheel Steamboat Kings Alcatraz Steam schooner 1887 1917 Stranded L. E. White 255 Mendocino Alcazar Steam schooner 1887 1907 Grounded L E White (?) Fagerlund 132 feet 32 feet 263 Mendocino Alcyone Two Masted Schooner 1861 1863 Capsized sail Mendocino Alden Anderson Steam screw 1908 1924 Burned 636 Contra Costa Alert Sidewheel Steamboat 1885 1919 Foundered 65 Solono Alert Schooner 1868 Stranded San Mateo Aleut Tug 1890 Stranded Capts.Olsen, Blair & Alfred Two Masted Schooner 1870 1886 Parted moorings Hendricks Olsen 88 sail Mendocino Alice Power schooner 1874 1930 1425 Los Angeles Alice Buck Ship 1870 1881 Stranded J.P White & Co.,Belfast Herringson, Herman 1425 sail San Mateo Alice Garrett 1888 Parted moorings San Francisco Aliciel Gas screw 1916 1916 Stranded 709 San Diego Allenaire Gas screw 1915 1920 Burned 56 Allessandro Fishing boat 1874 Capsized Marin Alliance #2 Two Masted Schooner 1899 1915 Grounded Jean Albia DeLouchry 105 Mendocino Alma Oil yawl 1909 1933 Grounded 124 Los Angeles Aloah 1952 Ventura Aloha Steam schooner 1901 Burned Wehman 127 feet 31 feet 216 Marin Alpha Schooner 1869 Grounded Contra Costa Alpine Gas screw 1892 1924 Burned T.K. Kuhre Kuhre, T.K. 82 feet 26 feet 95 gasoline Contra Costa Alton Oil screw 1904 Grounded Contra Costa Alven Besse Ship 1929 Burned sail Alameda Alviso Sidewheel Steamboat 1896 1920 Burned 197 Yolo Alviso Two Masted Schooner 1883 Wrecked sail Mendocino Middlemas & Boole, Capt. Amanda Ager Schooner 1868 Storm Haynes Haynes sail Humboldt Amazon Lumber schooner 1865 Stranded San Francisco Amazone Two Masted Schooner 1876 Parted Moorings Schmaling sail Mendocino Ameco 1917 1930 Swamped Mrs. Clifford Morris Lightfoot, Bill Los Angeles Amelia 1889 Burned Contra Costa Amelia Steamship 1874 Stranded Solono America Oil screw 1910 1957 55 South Channel Islands American Beauty 1954 South Channel Islands American Boy Oil screw 1930 1956 130 Los Angeles American Boy Two Masted Schooner 1882 1890 Stranded Hammond 106 feet 32 feet 183 sail Farallon Islands American Clipper 1948 Wrecked Monterey American Eagle Del Norte Page 2 California State Lands Commission Shipwreck Information Ship's Name Type Year Built Year Sunk Cause Owner Captain Length Beam Tonnage Engine County Capt. Lubbuck & Mr. American Eagle Steamship 1851 1853 Explosion Chazul 135 feet 27.5 feet 2 ind. 75hp San Joaquin American Girl Oil screw 1951 Los Angeles American Rose Oil screw 1944 1952 Burned 120 South Channel Islands Amie Bark 1882 Grounded Landbourg 628 sail Los Angeles Anaconda 1946 Los Angeles Anastasia Schooner 1876 Collision sail Andrew D Oil screw 1937 1953 Burned 116 Ventura Andrew Peterson Three Masted Schooner 1905 Wrecked sail Mendocino Anglo-American 1861 Wrecked Marin Ann Perry Bark 1825 1865 Stranded Capt. Chase Trask 107 feet 27 feet 348 sail San Francisco Ann Sophia Schooner 1870 Wrecked Berry sail Mendocino Anna Two Masted Schooner 1885 Wrecked sail Mendocino Anna R Forbes Schooner 1867 Grounded Contra Costa Anna Schafer 1940 Wrecked Schafer Bros. Logging Co. San Francisco Anne (Annie) Schooner 1871 Stranded sail Marin Annie 1920 Marin Annie Schooner 1874 Wrecked sail Mendocino Annie E Smale Four Masted Schooner 1903 1910 Grounded Swayne and Hart Anderson 200 feet 41 feet 845 Marin Annie Gee Schooner 1897 147 sail Los Angeles Annie H Johnson Lumber schooner 1879 Stranded sail Santa Cruz Annie Iverson Two Masted Schooner 1873 Stranded 42 sail Mendocino Annie Lysle Schooner 1875 1875 Stranded Swan sail Santa Barbara Annie M Rolph Bark 1918 1942 Wrecked 1393 sail Los Angeles Annie Nermine Schooner 1885 Wrecked sail Humboldt Tucker or Shields, Annie Sisie Ship 1856 1871 Stranded Sise and Chase George 182 feet 36.5 feet 1030 sail Farallon Islands Annie Stoffer Two Masted Schooner 1870 1879 119 sail Mendocino Anor Two Masted Schooner 1855 Wrecked sail Mendocino Antelope Sidewheel Steamboat 1888 Wrecked 203 feet Anubis 1908 North Channel Islands Apache II Oil screw 1930 1952 Stranded 13 Humboldt Apollo Packet 1831 1851 121 feet 27 feet 422 Sail San Francisco Aquarius Oil screw 1965 1980 Foundered 49 San Diego Aquila 1949 Los Angeles Arakan Steamship 1920 Wrecked Marin Arbutus Oil yacht 1930 1936 48 South Channel Islands Archie and Fontie Two Masted Schooner 1890 1902 Wrecked H. A. Richardson 76.5 feet 25.5 feet 61 sail Sonoma Union Lumber Co. of San Arctic Steam schooner 1901 1922 Grounded Francisco 145 feet 32 feet 373 Mendocino Ardor 1945 San Diego Argonaut Schooner 1890 Stranded 105 feet 30 feet 194 sail San Mateo Arispe Steam screw 1853 1854 Grounded Ryan,Duff & others Pierce 131.3 feet 30 feet 336 Mendocino Aristocratis 1949 North Channel Islands Aristozehis 1954 Los Angeles Arkansas 1941 Los Angeles Arkansas 1849 Armenia Clipper 1877 1899 Wrecked Woolwich, E.L.