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Star of India
The museum centers on Star of India, an iron barque of 1863
The Maritime Museum of San Diego was established in 1948 and preserves one of the largest collections of historic sea vessels in the United States. Its centerpiece is Star of India, an 1863 iron barque, the oldest ship still sailing regularly.
The fleet
The fleet includes a ferryboat, a steam yacht and a submarine
The Berkeley, an 1898 ferryboat, holds the MacMullen Library and Research Archives. Medea, a 1904 steam yacht, served in both World Wars. USS Dolphin is a diesel-electric submarine launched in 1968 and decommissioned in 2007.
On film
HMS Surprise, a replica frigate, appeared in two films
HMS Surprise is a 1970 replica of a Royal Navy frigate. It was used in the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, and appeared in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as HMS Providence.
San Salvador
A replica of Cabrillo's flagship was built in public view and launched in 2015
Starting in 2011 the museum built a full-sized replica of the flagship of Juan RodrÃguez Cabrillo, San Salvador, in full public view at Spanish Landing Park. The original was the first European ship to visit San Diego Bay, in 1542. The replica was launched in 2015.
Day 2, midday
It comes after USS Midway Museum. Then Seaport Village.
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