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A guide to the Navigation logbook and instructions, 1899-1900, 1918
HDC0113 (SAFR 14029)  
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  • Title: Navigation logbook and instructions
    Date: 1899-1900, 1918
    Identifier/Call Number: HDC0113 (SAFR 14029)
    Physical Description: 2 items.
    Repository: San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
    Building E, Fort Mason
    San Francisco, CA 94123
    Abstract: The Navigation logbook and instructions collection (SAFR 14029, HDC 113) is comprised of one hardcover navigation logbook and a smaller booklet without a cover of instructions. The logbook records an unidentified vessel's voyages from San Francisco to Tahiti, and a round trip voyage between San Francisco to Honolulu in the years 1899 to 1900 and 1918 with a stop in Nagasaka. This collection has been processed to the collection level and is open for use without restrictions.
    Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
    Language(s): In English.

    Access

    This collection is open for use unless otherwise noted.

    Publication and Use Rights

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    Processing Note

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    Preferred Citation

    [Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], HDC0113 (SAFR 14029), Navigation logbook and instructions, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

    Acquisition Information

    SAFR-00001
    This collection was transferred from Golden Gate National Recreation Area to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.

    Historical or Biographical Note

    This finding aid does not have an agency history, biography, or historical note.

    Collection Scope and Content

    The Navigation logbook and instructions collection (SAFR 14029, HDC 113) is comprised of one hardcover navigation logbook and a smaller booklet without a cover of instructions. The logbook records an unidentified vessel's voyages from San Francisco to Tahiti, and a round trip voyage between San Francisco to Honolulu in the years 1899 to 1900 and 1918 with a stop in Nagasaka. This collection has been processed to the collection level and is open for use without restrictions.
    The first voyage recorded began in Tahiti on November 18, 1899 and ended in San Francisco on January 24, 1900. Other voyages recorded in the logbook were from San Francisco to Honolulu between June 6 to June 12, 1918; from Honolulu to Nagasaka arriving on July 1, 1918; to Honolulu arriving on August 14, 1918, and returning to San Francisco on August 27, 1918. The end of the volume has "Rules of the Road for Steam" and several pages of description of the islands and reefs with information on how to avoid reefs.

    Collection Arrangement

    This is a collection of two items.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Navigation
    San Francisco (Calif.)
    Logbooks
    Workbooks