Don't know about forced onto a ship in connection with GOAT ISLAND but here is the story of GOAT ISLAND/Yerba Buena Island http://www.zpub.com/sf50/sf/hbybi.htm Pretty interesting reading... Hope this helps.. RUTH _________________________________ Ruth(Grady)Skewis-Sacramento, CA ruth4527@mindspring.com > -----Original Message----- > From: CHAMPUS1@aol.com [mailto:CHAMPUS1@aol.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 7:10 PM > To: CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CASANFRA] Goat Island > > > Someone had posted a message about being "forced" onto a ship. This > supposedly had happened to my great grandpa who ended up serving > in the US > Navy for 15 years. Has anyone heard of Goat Island? That is the > name that > my cousin had mentioned? > > Thanks, > > Jim >