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America (paddle steamer)
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Re: America (paddle steamer)
Name: SS America
Operator: Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Builder: Henry Steers, Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Cost: $1,250,000
Laid down: 1868
Launched: 1869
Fate: Destroyed by fire, August 24, 1872
General characteristics
Tonnage: 4,454 tons
Length: 363 ft (111 m)
Beam: 49 ft (15 m)
Draft: 18 ft (5.5 m)
Depth of hold: 31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion: Beam engine, 3,000 nhp
Capacity: 92 passengers
Crew: 103
SS America (1869–1872) was a ship for Pacific Mail Steamship Company operating on the China Line along with the SS Colorado, SS Great Republic, SS China, SS Alaska, SS Japan and spare steamer SS Herman.The America was one of the largest paddle wheel steamers in the world was valued by Pacific Mail Steamship Company at $1,017,942 or about $40,000 less than the SS Great Republic or SS Japan.
She traveled around the Cape of Good Hope without passengers and used sail for a large part of the trip. At Singapore, America began to pick up Chinese for steerage passage and eventually arrived in San Francisco on 20 October 1869 with 730 immigrants.
The SS America was lost by fire on August 24, 1872 in Yokohama harbor after her eleventh voyage starting on August 1, 1872 from San Francisco. Captain Seth Doane had inspected the ship before 10 o'clock. A loss of 19 to 70 lives occurred depending on the sources. The loss is being estimated around $US2,000,000.
Operator: Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Builder: Henry Steers, Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Cost: $1,250,000
Laid down: 1868
Launched: 1869
Fate: Destroyed by fire, August 24, 1872
General characteristics
Tonnage: 4,454 tons
Length: 363 ft (111 m)
Beam: 49 ft (15 m)
Draft: 18 ft (5.5 m)
Depth of hold: 31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion: Beam engine, 3,000 nhp
Capacity: 92 passengers
Crew: 103
SS America (1869–1872) was a ship for Pacific Mail Steamship Company operating on the China Line along with the SS Colorado, SS Great Republic, SS China, SS Alaska, SS Japan and spare steamer SS Herman.The America was one of the largest paddle wheel steamers in the world was valued by Pacific Mail Steamship Company at $1,017,942 or about $40,000 less than the SS Great Republic or SS Japan.
She traveled around the Cape of Good Hope without passengers and used sail for a large part of the trip. At Singapore, America began to pick up Chinese for steerage passage and eventually arrived in San Francisco on 20 October 1869 with 730 immigrants.
The SS America was lost by fire on August 24, 1872 in Yokohama harbor after her eleventh voyage starting on August 1, 1872 from San Francisco. Captain Seth Doane had inspected the ship before 10 o'clock. A loss of 19 to 70 lives occurred depending on the sources. The loss is being estimated around $US2,000,000.