Maritime Museum

This flotilla of classic ships is led by the full-rigged merchant vessel Star of India (1863), a National Historic Landmark and the world's oldest sailing ship that still goes to sea. The gleaming white San Francisco-Oakland steam-powered ferry Berkeley (1898) worked round-the-clock to carry people to safety following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake; it now pulls duty as a museum with fine ship models on display. The elegant Medea (1904) is one of the world's few remaining large steam yachts, and the Pilot (1914) was San Diego Bay's official pilot boat for 82 years. Among the more recent additions are a 300-foot-long Cold War-era Soviet attack submarine and the HMS Surprise. This painstakingly accurate reproduction of an 18th-century Royal Navy frigate played a supporting role to Russell Crowe in the film Master and Commander. You can board and tour each vessel; give yourself 90 minutes.

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