'' McCulloch '' arrived at San Francisco , California , on 10 January 1899 and operated on patrol out of that port along the United States West Coast , cruising from the Mexican border to Cape Blanco , Oregon , on law enforcement and lifesaving duties . After the 1,160-gross register ton , steamer '' Cleveland '' was wrecked on Cape Rodney ( ) on the west-central coast of the Territory of Alaska in a snowstorm and sank with the loss of one life on 23 October 1900 , '' McCulloch '' rescued her 38 survivors from the beach . '' McCulloch '' helped maintain order in the San Francisco area after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake struck on 18 April 1906
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
USS McCulloch (1897)