Sailing ship <a about="#mwt17" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"USS","href":"./Template:USS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Jeannette"},"2":{"wt":"1878"},"3":{"wt":"6"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Jeannette_(1878)" id="mwiA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="USS Jeannette (1878)" typeof="mw:Transclusion">USS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Jeannette</i></a> departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.