Golden State (schooner)

Golden State

History
United States
Builder| W.F. Stone, Oakland, California
General characteristics
Type:|  Schooner
Tons burthen:|  353 tons [1]
Length:|  140 ft.
Propulsion:|  Union 150 hp open cross head

Golden State was a 3-masted schooner built in the W.F. Stone yard in Oakland, California in 1913.[2][3]

She embarked on a fishing expedition from San Francisco to the Bering Sea in 1936.[3]

Golden State at Unga, Alaska, photo by John Nathan Cobb, undated

Golden State was laid up in Long Beach, California , in 1937 after being used in movies.[1] She was sold in Costa Rica in 1943.[2]

## Earlier 19th century schooner

The schooner "'Golden State,' of San Francisco" was involved in the 1858 lawsuit Wetherbee vs. Schooner "Golden State" (and Captain W. S. Tuttle).[4]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gibbs, Jim (1968). West Coast Windjammers in Story and Pictures. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co. pp. 170. ISBN 978-0-517-17060-1.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "www.shipbuildinghistory.com". http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/5small/inactive/stone.htm.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "A guide to the Golden State (built 1913; schooner, 3m) records, 18 May 1936- 22 August 1936". Online Archive of California. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8mc91cn/entire_text/.
4. ↑ Hawaii Reports: Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Hawaii. Valenti Brothers Graphics. 1866. p. 78. https://books.google.com/books?id=z5g0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA78.

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