{"nrhp_refnum":"66000223","name":"STAR OF INDIA","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"San Diego Embarcadero","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Diego","county":"San Diego County","state":"CA","lat":32.72024801300006,"lon":-117.17359127499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1966-11-13","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1966-11-13","areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-masted, iron-hulled sailing ship built in 1863 at Ramsey, Isle of Man, as the Euterpe and now moored at 1306 North Harbor Drive on the San Diego waterfront as a museum ship.","why_significant":"It is the oldest iron-hulled sailing ship afloat and the only surviving example of a bark type once common in the Alaska salmon fleet. It is one of two surviving vessels of the Alaska Packers' Association fleet of 1893-1920. The form ties it to the growth of the Alaska salmon canning industry.","narrative":"Launched in 1863 at Ramsey, Isle of Man, as the full-rigged ship Euterpe, this 205-foot iron-hulled vessel first sailed in the India trade and later carried emigrants to New Zealand and Australia. In 1898 she was bought by a San Francisco firm and hauled lumber from Puget Sound to Australia. The Alaska Packers Association acquired her in 1901, renamed her Star of India, and reduced her rig to a bark so a smaller crew could handle her. Until 1923 she carried fishermen and cannery workers to the Alaska salmon fisheries. She was bought in 1926 as the nucleus of a maritime museum and restored in the early 1960s. She is the oldest iron-hulled sailing ship afloat and, with the Balclutha, one of the last survivors of the Alaska Packers' fleet. Her story reflects the expansion of the Alaska salmon canning industry. She is moored in San Diego and open to visitors.","period_of_significance":"1901-1923","architect_builder":"Gibson, McDonald & Arnold","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition, restored in the early 1960s as a bark, moored in San Diego and open to the public as a museum.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.634457-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/66000223_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000223/a1293f9c4b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000223/a1293f9c4b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Starofindia.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Starofindia.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858042","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_of_India_(ship)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1581178"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-diego-county/star-of-india-66000223/"}