[2] In 2016, the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association acquired the Allen Knight collection.
[3] The collection encompassed artifacts from fifty-seven sunken or disassembled vessels, boasting an impressive compilation of 9,000 ship photographs, a comprehensive research library, 250 log books, and 30 intricately crafted ship models.
Certain segments of his assemblage could be compared to the reserves of institutions such as the Library of Congress or the Admiralty Office in London.
[4][5] Today, the group develops educational programs for the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, cooperating with the National Park Service as a non-profit partner.
It also preserves, maintains, and documents the World War II submarine USS Pampanito, independently of the National Historical Park.