Balclutha, also known as Star of Alaska, Pacific Queen, or Sailing Ship Balclutha, is a steel-hulled full-rigged ship that was built in 1886. She is representative of several different commercial ventures, including lumber, salmon, and grain. She is a U.S. National Historic Landmark and is currently preserved as part of San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California, although temporarily on display in Vallejo. She was added to the National Register of Historic Places on 7 November 1976. In 1985 she was designated a National Historic Landmark.
In 1988, she was moved to a mooring at Hyde Street Pier of the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. She previously hosted a monthly Chantey Sing in the shelter deck, which has moved to the adjacent Eureka. In 2025, she was moved to Mare Island while the Hyde Street Pier is being replaced.
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See also
- List of large sailing vessels
Sources
References
- , retrieved 23:40 GMT 22 January 2005
- Entry in Houghton Mifflin's Ships of the World (registration required), retrieved 23:50 GMT 22 January 2005
External links
- Balclutha history - San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
- Balclutha - BlooSee.com
- Comedian Jonathan Winters Detained In San Francisco. Winters was arrested in 1959, after climbing in the rigging of the Balclutha.