Galilee was later rigged as a schooner, had a diesel engine fitted and was used in the fishing industry before being beached in 1933, ending her active career.

[2] She began her career on the packet line between San Francisco and Tahiti, carrying freight, passengers and French and US mail.

[4] The ship then sailed to the north of the Hawaiian islands before returning to San Diego, arriving at her home port on December 9.

A final set of 'swings' and shore observations were made at San Diego, finishing on December 18, to provide the necessary corrections.

[4] As J. F. Pratt and two of the magnetic observers had to return to their posts at the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey at the end of the first cruise, several new staff were required.

Peters, who had experience in running previous scientific expeditions, became the commander and remained in that position for the rest of the charter period.

From Japan Galilee returned to San Diego, arriving on October 19, having covered 16,286 nautical miles (18,742 mi; 30,162 km).

The first port of call was Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands, but the ship soon moved on to Tahiti, where shore observations and 'swings' could be carried out.

Shore observations were made at the Zikawei Observatory, but the ship was swung in the mouth of the Yangtse River as the large tidal variation prevented this at Shanghai.

November 11 found Galilee still at Jaluit, becalmed and in danger of being stranded on a reef, but she was towed off by a German mail steamer.

The lack of an auxiliary power source, which had caused this problem also made the trip to New Zealand extremely difficult as the winds and currents drove her towards the New Hebrides Islands.

The ship had sustained some damage to her rudder due to very strong winds encountered during early February, that took two weeks to repair.

[6] Matthew Turner died in 1909 and two years later Galilee was sold by Bowes and Andrews to the Union Fish Company of San Francisco, where she was converted to a three-masted schooner and had a diesel engine fitted.

[7] She returned to San Francisco where she was purchased as a home by Captain John Quinn who ultimately beached her in 1934 in Sausalito in an area now known as 'Galilee harbor'.

[citation needed] In 1959, after fourteen years battling in court, Quinn sold Galilee and moved to Carmel, Ca.

[9] After 1959 Galilee had a variety of occupants, one of whom, the artist Barney West, threatened to chain himself to her wheel rather than be driven from her deck by the City of Sausalito.

Galilee′s stern was removed in 1975, which accelerated her deterioration, and is now mounted on one of the walls of Fort Mason that forms part of the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.