8/11/2004
Landmark information
- Location:
Aquatic Park, NW corner of Beach and Larkin Sts, San Francisco - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
7/30/1995 - Date Most Recently Visited:
7/13/2024 - GPS Coordinates:
N 37 48.405, W 122 25.362
About this landmark
Plaque text:
First Ship into San Francisco Bay
On August 5, 1775, the Spanish packet San Carlos, under the command of Lieutenant Juan Manuel de Ayala, became the first ship to enter San Francisco Bay. A month and a half was spent in surveying the bay from its southern most reaches to the northern end of present-day Suisun Bay. The San Carlos departed September 18, 1775.