Visit the Oldest Ship That Still Sails Regularly- The Star Of India
Star of India is a really awesome looking old ship that is part of the Maritime Museum. It displays art exhibits that you can visit. It sails at least once a year and is sailed by a skilled volunteer crew of Maritime Museum members, who train all year for the honor of taking her to sea.
The ship was built in 1863 as Euterpe, a full-rigged iron windjammer ship in Ramsey, Isle of Man. After a full career sailing from Great Britain to India then to New Zealand, she became a salmon hauler on the Alaska then to California route.
After retirement in 1926, she was restored between 1962 and 1963 and is now a seaworthy museum ship ported at the San Diego Maritime Museum in San Diego. She is the oldest ship that still sails regularly and the oldest iron hulled merchant ship still floating. The ship is both a California and National Historic Landmark.
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