SS Cuba (1920)
| SS Cuba in Panama Canal | |
| Career (NDL) | Kaiserliche Marine Jack |
|---|---|
| Name: | SS Coblenz |
| Namesake: | Koblenz |
| Owner: | North German Lloyd |
| Builder: |
Blohm & Voss Hamburg |
| Launched: | 1897 |
| Acquired: | 5 May 1897 |
| Out of service: | 1917 |
| Captured: |
interned in Manila, August 1914 seized by U.S., 6 April 1917 |
| Career (USSB) | 100x35px |
| Name: | SS Sachem |
| Owner: | United States Shipping Board |
| In service: | 1917 |
| Out of service: | 1920 |
| Fate: | Sold, 1920 |
| Career | 100x35px |
| Name: | SS Cuba |
| Namesake: | Cuba |
| Owner: | Pacific Mail Steamship Company |
| Cost: | $400,000 |
| Acquired: | 2 February 1920 |
| In service: | 1920 |
| Out of service: | 1923 |
| Fate: | Wrecked 7 September 1923 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 3169[1] |
| Length: | 93.78 m (307 ft 8 in) |
| Beam: | 12.86 m (42 ft 2 in) |
| Depth of hold: | 24.7 m (81 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Triple expansion steam engines, twin screws, 1,500 horsepower (1,100 kW) |
| Speed: | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
| Capacity: |
20 second-class passengers |
| Crew: |
54 |
The Cuba was a steamship owned by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Originally launched in 1897 as the German SS Coblenz, she was seized by the United States in 1917, and named Sachem, until Pacific Mail purchased her from the Shipping Board on 6 February 1920 for US$400,000.
Pacific Mail first used the Cuba to carry passengers and cargo between San Francisco, California, and Havana, Cuba, then shifted to a San Francisco-to-Cristobal route.
On the morning of 8 September 1923, Cuba struck a reef just off San Miguel Island in the Santa Barbara Channel off the coast of California. All aboard survived and were rescued, but the Cuba was a total loss.
The ship's radio was out. She had been navigating through a dense fog for several days.
Later that day, nine US Navy destroyers ran aground nearby in the Honda Point Disaster.
References
- ↑ Drechsel, Edwin (1994). Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen, 1857-1970: History, Fleet, Ship Mails. I. Vancouver, British Columbia: Cordillera Pub. Co.. p. 172. ISBN 9781895590142. OCLC 30357825.
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