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Lieut. Juan de Ayala of the Royal Spanish Navy sailed through the Golden Gate on Aug. 5, 1775, commanding the packet-boat San Carlos, the first known ship in the waters of San Francisco Bay. On the 13th day of August, Ayala anchored the vessel in the cove of an island he named ‘Isla de los Angeles,’ or Angel Island, and from there directed the first survey of the bay.
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