Star of India
Picture attribution: "Star of India Plaque" by Stan Durbin - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Star_of_India_Plaque.JPG#/media/File:Star_of_India_Plaque.JPG
The "Star of India," a three masted bark, is the oldest iron-hulled
merchant ship afloat. Built on the Isle of Man, Great Britain, she was
launched in 1863 and christened "Euterpe". The Trans-Pacific trade from
1871 - 1898 resulted in the "Euterpe" circumnavigating the Earth twenty-
one times, stopping in San Francisco in 1873 and 1883. She was purchased
by the Alaska Packers Association to service the salmon canneries in
Alaska, leaving each season from Alameda during 1902 - 1923, "Euterpe"
was renamed "Star of India". "Star of India" continues to sail the Pacific
Ocean as an active reminder of early California's maritime commerce.