Berkeley (ferryboat)
Berkeley ferryboat and USS Dolphin at San Diego Maritime Museum | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Berkeley |
| Owner | Southern Pacific Railroad |
| Builder | Union Iron Works |
| Launched | 18 October 1898 |
| In service | 1898 |
| Out of service | 1958 |
| Status | Museum ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 1883 |
| Length | 279 ft (85 m) |
| Beam | 64 ft (20 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Installed power | triple-expansion steam engine 1,450 hp (1,080 kW) |
Berkeley | |
| Location | San Diego, California |
| Coordinates | 32°43′15″N 117°10′26″W / 32.72095°N 117.17395°W |
| Built | 1898 |
| Architect | Union Iron Works |
| NRHP reference No. | 90002220 |
| CHISL No. | 1031 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 14, 1990 |
| Designated NHL | December 14, 1990 |
Berkeley was one of several ferryboats of the Southern Pacific Railroad that for sixty years operated on San Francisco Bay between the Oakland Pier and the San Francisco Ferry Building. Built in 1898 by the Union Iron Works of San Francisco, she served after the 1906 earthquake, ferrying refugees across the bay to Oakland.