San Francisco [SEP] located next to body of water
the north end of the San Francisco Peninsula and includes significant stretches of the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay within its boundaries. Several picturesque islands—Alcatraz, Treasure Island and the adjacent Yerba Buena Island, and small portions of Alameda Island, Red Rock Island, and Angel Island—are part of the city. Also included are the uninhabited Farallon Islands, offshore in the Pacific Ocean. The mainland within the city limits roughly forms a "seven-by-seven-mile square", a common local colloquialism referring to
trials of the new "Oregon" (Battleship No. 3) out of San Francisco. 
On May 19, 1896, Lieutenant Commander Jefferson Franklin Moser assumed command of "Albatross". Aafter investigating the oyster grounds of San Francisco Bay and the suitability of that body of water for oyster cultures, "Albatross" headed back to the northern Pacific.
For the next six months, the ship ranged from San Francisco to the Pribilof Islands, and from the Sea of Okhotsk and the Kuril Islands back to San Francisco