Captain George Warner Yardley records, 1906-1954 (bulk 1936-1938).

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Captain George Warner Yardley records, 1906-1954 (bulk 1936-1938).

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The Captain George Warner Yardley records consists of official documents, a scrapbook, and news clippings; official documents include a Master of Steam and Motor Vessels license dated October 19, 1936, issued by the United States Department of Commerce Steamboat Inspection Service, "over any size vessel, in any ocean and first class pilot [in the] bay of San Francisco, Benicia, Columbia River Bar, Astoria, Humbolt Bay, San Pedro Bay, each to sea; also from Tacoma to sea via main channel routes." The certificate verso shows the captain's signature, certification for having passed color blindness test, and a finger print. The license was issued in Honolulu, Hawaii. Other documents include a water-front pass with a photograph for the Port of San Francisco with Yardley's occupation noted as Captain for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company dated May 14, 1918, and a USA Citizen Seaman's Identification Card with personal statistics and photograph. There is also a loose 20 page scrapbook relating to significant events aboard the President Hoover, on which Yardley was captain.

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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Maritime Research Center, Maritime Library, Maritime Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 7997727

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Maritime Research Center, Maritime Library, Maritime Archives

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Yardley, George Warner.

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Captain George W. Yardley (1879-1938) born in Yardley Pennsylvania, at an early age he stowed away aboard a Delaware river boat and by age 27 he had gained his master's papers. He came to San Francisco after the Spanish American war and whaling in the Artic. He was employed by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, eventually rising to master of the Golden State (Steamship). He continued on to be master of Dollar Line's President Cleveland and President Hoover. The President Hoover, reportedly a $7...

President Hoover (Steamship)

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