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Title Log of the Star of India, Volume 20, 1920-1923
Author Weidemann, Captain Frank; Koskinen, 1st Mate Thomas; Turner, 1st Mate Victor
Date 16 Aug 1920 - 2 Aug 1923
Document Type Shipping Papers
Publisher Information Lewis Weule Company, (San Francisco)
Reference A0245.1.19
Library / Archive Maritime Museum of San Diego
Collection Name Euterpe/Star of India Log Book
Description Star of India logbook detailing the voyages between San Francisco and Nushagak, Alaska, United States. Includes details of Mexican and Chinese labourers travelling to Alaska, ship maintenance, injuries sustained by some of the sailors and passengers and details of cargo hauled.
Series Description Series I - Log Books.
Biographical Note / History In 1901 the Euterpe was sold to the Alaska Packers Association based in San Francisco. The Euterpe rigging was changed and fitted as a bark and began to ferry fisherman, cannery workers, coal, supplies and equipment from Oakland, California to Nushagak, Alaska in the Bering Sea. In 1906 the name of the Euterpe was changed to the Star of India to match the other vessels in the Alaska Packers Fleet. The Star of India made over 22 Alaskan voyages. By the 1920s steam power superseded wind as the preferred propulsion method for sea going vessels and the Star of India quickly became obsolete.
Theme(s) Ships and Shipping Lines
Country (from) United States of America
Country (to) United States of America
Ports San Francisco, California, Nushagak, Alaska, United States
Nationality Mexican; Chinese
Ships Star of India; SS Nushagak; Star of Russia; Bohemia; Star of Iceland; Star of England; Indiana; Star of New Zealand; Star of Scotland
People Weidemann, Captain Frank; Koskinen, 1st Mate Thomas; Turner, 1st Mate Victor
Keywords Alaska Packers Association, shipping, sailor, fishing and fishermen, labourer, good weather, bad weather, injury, coal, cargo, food
Language English
Document(s) linked to Log of the Euterpe of Southampton, Volume 1, 1884-1887
Copyright Maritime Museum of San Diego