The Kad'yak, also known as Kadyak and Kadiak, was a wooden-hulled sailing merchant ship belonging to the Russian-American Company. Purchased by the company in 1851, she was used to transport personnel and supplies among its settlements in Russian Alaska, and to transport trade goods to San Francisco. On April 2, 1860, she struck a rock near the port of Kodiak, Alaska while carrying a load of ice and trade goods destined for San Francisco, and sank near Spruce Island after drifting for three days.[3]
Kad'yak | |
| Location | Address restricted[2] |
|---|---|
| Nearest city | Kodiak, Alaska |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1860 |
| Built by | Hans Jacob Albrecht Meyer |
| Architectural style | 19th century Barque |
| NRHP reference No. | 04000678[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 14, 2004 |
The shipwreck was discovered in 2003, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. It was at that time the only known shipwreck associated with the Russian era in Alaska.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 20706997.
External links
edit- "Investigating the Wreck of the Kad'yak". Alaska Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on March 30, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
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