this time to the same degree that it had been in 1984. Stephen Haller, the park historian for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area of the National Park Service, says that King Philip is the best-preserved wreck of a wooden ship in the San Francisco Bay area, which has a total of approximately 200 old shipwrecks. According to James Delgado, the wreck of King Philip'' is the only known structural remains of an American medium clipper, a prototype of the American downeaster, the typical American wooden deepwaterman of the 19th century. Because Ocean Beach belongs to the National Park Service and is federal property, the wreck of the old ship is federal property. The wreck is located at . References Further reading External links Philip, The Once and Future Clipper King Shipwrecks of the California coast Geography of the San Francisco Bay Area Golden Gate National Recreation Area California clippers Guano trade Ships built in Portland, Maine Age of Sail merchant ships of the United States Merchant ships of the United States Maritime incidents in January 1878 1856 ships