C. A. Thayer (San Francisco, California)

USA / California / San Francisco / San Francisco, California
 museum, boat, sailboat, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, museum ship, U.S. National Historic Landmark
The C.A. Thayer is a schooner built in 1895, now preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. She is one of the few survivors of the sailing schooners in the West coast lumber trade to San Francisco from Washington, Oregon, and Northern California.

The State of California purchased C.A. Thayer in 1957. After preliminary restoration in Seattle, Washington, a volunteer crew sailed her down the coast to San Francisco. The San Francisco Maritime Museum performed more extensive repairs and refitting, and opened C.A. Thayer to the public in 1963. The vessel was transferred to the National Park Service in 1978, and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1984.

After 40 years as a museum ship, the C.A. Thayer has again been restored, a restoration which took three years from 2004, and which resulted in her temporary removal from her berth at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. Approximately 80% of the ship's timbers were replaced with new timbers matching the original wood. The ship sailed back to the Hyde Street Pier on April 12th, 2007.

www.nps.gov/safr/historyculture/c-a-thayer.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.A._Thayer_(1895)
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Coordinates:   37°48'32"N   122°25'17"W

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