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The Sailing Ship ''Columbia'', located at the Disneyland park in Anaheim, California, is a full-scale replica of ''Columbia Rediviva'', the first American ship to circumnavigate the globe. When it was constructed in 1958, it was the first three-masted barque to have been built in the United States in more than 100 years. The ''Columbia'' has entertained park visitors for over fifty years, including its twenty-one year role as Captain Hook's pirate ship, the ''Jolly Roger'', in the park's popular nighttime show, ''Fantasmic!''. Its passengers embark on a scenic, 12-minute journey around the Rivers of America. ==History== When Walt Disney decided that the ''Rivers of America'' needed more river traffic and wanted another large ship to join the ''Mark Twain'', he asked Joe Fowler, who was Disneyland's construction supervisor and a former naval admiral, to pick a historic sailing ship for inspiration. After examining every maritime museum in the country, Fowler recommended the first American sailing ship to go around the world: the ''Columbia Rediviva''. However, there is only one known picture in existence of the original vessel. WED researchers used it, along with research materials from the Library of Congress, to design the ''Columbia''. Architect Ray Wallace was commissioned in 1957 to work with Fowler in creating the construction plans. The ship's masts, rigging, spars and sails were constructed at Todd Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California, where the ''Mark Twain'' 's hull was built a few years earlier. After Fowler told Disney that it was customary to put a silver dollar under each mast before it was set, Disney personally put one under each of the ''Columbias three masts. For the ship’s christening on June 4, 1958, Fowler was dressed as a sailing captain of the 18th century, while the Mousketeers appeared as his crew. Since then, the sailing ship ''Columbia'' has had many extensive refurbishments, but the only major change has been the addition of the crew quarters exhibit in 1964. The Columbia was christened by Gretchen Campbell Richmond, wife of Alfred C. Richmond, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard (1954-1962). On January 11, 2016, the Sailing Ship ''Columbia'', along with the other attractions and shows along the Rivers of America, will close temporarily for the construction of Star Wars Land. These attractions will reopen at a later, and as of now, indefinite date.〔http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/09/season-of-the-force-begins-november-16-at-disneyland-park-in-southern-california/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sailing Ship Columbia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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