HISTORY OF SHIP
STAR OF INDIA"
THIS SHIP WAS BUILT IN ISLE OF MAN 1863
NAMED EUTERPE AFTER GODDESS OF MUSIC,
USED AS AN EMIGRANT SHIP TAKING COLONISTS
FROM ENGLAND TO THE ANTIPODES.MADE 18
TRIPS IN 25 YEARS WITH 150 PASSENGERS BELOW
DECK AND IO FIRST CLASS IN THE CABIN.
LATER WAS IN THE SUGAR TRADE, HONOLULU
TO PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC PORTS.
BOUGHT BY ALASKA PACKERS ASSN. CONVERTED
TO BARK OF AMERICAN REGISTRY, NAMED STAR OF INDIA
AS CANNERY TENDER CARRIED 300 ORIENTAL WORKERS
BELOW DECKS-40 WHITE FISHERMEN AFT, TRANSPORTING
THEM TO ALASKA CANNERY EACH YEAR AND RETURNING THEM
AND THE CANNED SALMON TO SAN FRANCISCO WHEN RUN
WAS OVER. LAST VOYAGE FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO
BRISTOL BAY ALASKA IN 1923.
BECAME PROPERTY OF SAN DIEGO IN I926.
STAR OF INDIA
MARITIME MUSEUM
SAn DIEGO. SALIF
