Vessel Profile

Aurora (XX)

Aurora (XX)
Photo: Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society

Story

This schooner, two-masted (auxiliary) was built in 1924 in Sausalito, CA.

Historical Notes

On March 20, 1940 this research vessel ran ashore.

Owners & Masters

In 1924 she was owned by Robert P. Scripps.

In 1935 she was owned by Hazel E. Stone, Los Angeles CA USA.

In 1937-1955 she was owned by the University of California as the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, San Diego CA USA.

References

Merchant Vessels of the United States (1941)

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