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Maritime Museum 
The Maritime Museum of San Diego's mission is to serve as
the community memory of our seafaring experience by collecting, preserving and presenting our rich maritime heritage and historic connections with the Pacific
world. It encompasses one of the finest collections of historic ships in the world.
This collection of three restored ships affords a fascinating glimpse
of San Diego's heyday as a commercial seaport. The museum's headquarters is the Berkeley, an 1898 steam-driven ferryboat moored at the foot of Ash Street, with
exhibits on West Coast maritime history on it main deck.
The ship played its most important role during the great earthquake of 1906, when it carried thousands of passengers across San Francisco Bay
to Oakland. Next to it, the small Scottish steam yacht Medea, launched in 1904, may be boarded but has no interpretive displays. The third ship, the Star of
India, a windjammer built in 1863, is the world's oldest active iron sailing ship; it makes rare short excursions but for the most part stays moored at the pier
and open to visitors.
Sources:
http://www.sdmaritime.com
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