Gary wrote: >I am seeking information on the route of the "City of San Francisco" >during her short career as well as information per >her sinking under the command of Capt. James I. Waddell. An account of the career of the SS City of San Francisco can be found on the web pages of The Maritime Heritage Project at _http://www.maritimeheritage.org/ships/ss.html_ (http://www.maritimeheritage.org/ships/ss.html) She was wrecked on May 16, 1877, off the Tartar Shoal, near Acapulco, Mexico. There is also the possibility that the holdings at NARA's Pacific Region (San Francisco) may have a reference to the City of San Francisco in their collection of Wreck Reports. Send an email to _sanbruno.archives@nara.gov_ (mailto:sanbruno.archives@nara.gov) . and provide the particulars including your contact information. The wreck reports for the California coast cover the years from 1874 through 1935. These form reports often include the date of the incident; the nationality, name, tonnage, and age of the vessel; port of registry; official number; name and residence of master and owner; port of departure and date; where bound; number of passengers and crew; names of persons lost; estimated value of cargo and vessel; estimated loss and damage; amount of insurance; nature of casualty and location (not precise coordinates). Each volume is indexed alphabetically and covers a certain span of years. Because of the location of the wreck of the City of San Francisco the casualty may not be mentioned in these reports, but on the other hand I have seen reports involving ship wrecks as far from the California coast as Australia so one never knows unless they try. There is also a ship wreck database on the web pages of the California State Land Commission concerning Pacific Coast maritime casualties that is searchable online at _http://shipwrecks.slc.ca.gov/ShipwrecksDatabase/Shipwrecks_Database.asp_ (http://shipwrecks.slc.ca.gov/ShipwrecksDatabase/Shipwrecks_Database.asp) Hope the above information will help. John