Located on San Diego Bay, the centerpiece of the museum's collection is Star of India, an 1863 iron barque.

The museum maintains the MacMullen Library and Research Archives aboard the 1898 ferryboat Berkeley.

The replica was constructed in full public view in the bayside Spanish Landing Park in San Diego, giving people the opportunity to watch a living recreation of the first modern industrial activity in the Americas.

She was launched in 2015 and is stationed at the San Diego Bay Embarcadero as part of the Museum's fleet of historic and replica ships.

She opened for public tours in September 2016 in conjunction with the Maritime Museum's annual Festival of Sail.