The George W. Elder off Sitka, Alaska.
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United States | |
Name | George W. Elder |
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Builder | Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding and Engine Works (Chester, PA) |
Launched | 1874 |
In service | 1874–1918 |
Out of service | 1918 |
Fate | Sold in 1918 |
Notes | Renamed America |
Chile | |
Name | America |
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Route | Chilean coastal service |
Out of service | 1935 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1935 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Coastal passenger/cargo liner |
Length | 250 ft (76 m) |
Beam | 38 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 16 ft (5 m) |
Installed power | Single Triple expansion engine |
Propulsion | Single screw |
SS George W. Elder (1874–1935) was a passenger/cargo ship. Originally a U.S. east coast steamer, she was built by John Roach & Sons in Chester, Pennsylvania. The George W. Elder became a west coast steamer in 1876 and served with the Oregon Steamship Company, Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company, San Francisco and Portland Steamship Company and the North Pacific Steamship Company. In 1907, the George W. Elder helped to rescue the survivors of her former running mate Columbia. The last owners of the George W. Elder were a Chilean firm which operated her under the name America. Chilean Coast was finally scrapped. The location