September 1, 1901– Redondo – “The power schooner Morning Star was lost when she went ashore just below the North Wharf at Redondo. Her hull was holed and her rigging severely damaged. Her engine was salvaged and later abandoned, lying on her side with the breakers having their way with her.” (Los Angeles Herald)

September 2, 1934 – Monterey – The steam schooner Cornell was built in 1905 by the Hall Bros. at Winslow, Washington. She was wrecked when she went on the rocks at Cypress Point, near Monterey. (Pacific Shipper)

September 2, 1920 – San Francisco – The Standard Oil tanker Richmond was this port today following a collision with the tanker Lyman Stewart of the same company off Fort Bragg, 137 miles north of here. Wireless advices said the tanker had four feet of water in her hold. The Lyman Stewart apparently was not damaged by the collision. Both tankers were en route to Seattle and carried full cargoes of fuel oil and gasoline. (Los Angeles Herald)

September 2, 1902 – San Francisco – “The scow schooner C. A. Klose, which left San Pedro July 30, bound for Sluslaw, is fifty three days out. About ten days ago she was spoken off this port, and it was found that she was out of provisions, the men being compelled to eat seagulls. Provisions were furnished her.” (San Francisco Call)

September 3, 1948 – San Francisco – The battleship Iowa sails to retirement today in San Francisco’s “Mothball Fleet,” leaving the Navy without a single battleship on the Pacific Ocean. The veteran of virtually every Pacific campaign of World War II is being inactivated to save money and manpower, the Navy said. Officials said the Iowa‘s sister ship Missouri, attached to the Atlantic fleet, is the only other battleship in service. (San Francisco Chronicle)

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