PHA Annual Meeting With Lecture From Phil Williams On “His Majesty’s Ship Racoon”
MIS Building 640 640 Old Mason St, San FranciscoTHE CURIOUS VOYAGE OF HIS MAJESTY’S SHIP RACOON How Her Action in the War of 1812 Changed the Geography of America The Presidio Historic Association 4/26/25 Philip B. Williams Ph.D. On the morning of January 14th, 1814, HMS Racoon arrived off the Farallon Islands. She was in a desperate state. Her hull was heavily damaged and for the last two weeks her crew had been continuously manning the pumps in a […]