SS Caracas (1881)

Caracas in Red D Line service.
History
United States
NameCaracas
NamesakeCaracas, Venezuela
Owner
Port of registryUnited States United States
RouteNew York City to Caracas via Laguayra and Puerto Cabello
BuilderWilliam Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Yard number218[1]
Launched1881
Maiden voyageJuly 1881
In service1881
Out of service1888
FateSold and renamed Yaquina Bay.
United States
NameSS Yaquina Bay
Owner
Port of registryUnited States United States
RouteYaquina City, Oregon to San Francisco, California via Newport, Oregon (planned)
Acquired1888
In service1888 (Planned)
FateWrecked
NotesRan aground at Yaquina Bay in 1888 and declared a total loss.
General characteristics
TypeOcean liner/Coastal passenger liner
Tonnage1,200 tons[3]
Length257 ft (78 m)[2]
Beam34 ft (10 m)[2]
NotesSister ship to the Valencia

The SS Caracas (1881–1889) was a coastal passenger steamship built by William Cramp & Sons in Philadelphia. She was the older sister ship to the Valencia. Both Caracas and Valencia (which sank in 1906, and seen after then as a ghost ship) served from New York City to Venezuela.[3] The short life of Caracas ended in 1889, when she ran aground in Yaquina Bay under the name Yaquina Bay.[4]

  1. ^ "William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilders". Shipbuilding History. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
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