A new ship for a new ocean -- Seasoning on the China station -- The Civil War on the Pacific Coast -- Hard times on coastal patrol -- Exploring Seward's icebox -- Hawai'i and the end of the archipelago -- The castaways of Ocean Island -- Afterword : legacy and shipwrecks
Summary
In 1870, the ship sank at one of the world's most remote coral reefs; her crew was rescued sixty-eight days later after a dramatic open-boat voyage. More than 130 years later, Hans Van Tilburg led the team that discovered and recorded the Saginaw' s remains near the Kure Atoll reef
