Roanoke in Seattle, headed for the Klondike, 1898
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United States | |
Name | Roanoke |
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Builder | Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding and Engine Works (Chester, PA) |
Launched | March 1882 |
In service | 1882-1916 |
Out of service | 1916 |
Fate | Foundered May 9, 1916 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Coastal passenger/cargo liner |
Tonnage | 2,354 GRT, 1,654 NRT[1] |
Length | 267.0 ft (81 m)[1] |
Beam | 40.5 ft (12 m)[1] |
Draft | 16.4 ft (5 m)[1] |
Installed power | 1,900hp[1] |
Crew | 58[1] |
SS Roanoke (1882–1916) was a passenger and cargo ship built by John Roach & Sons in Chester, Pennsylvania. The Roanoke was built for the Old Dominion Steamship Company's service from New York to Norfolk Virginia. In 1898 the ship was sold to the North American Transportation and Trading Company to take miners, supplies and gold between Seattle and ports in Alaska. Later the Roanoke was sold to the Oregon-based North Pacific Steamship Company. In 1907, the Roanoke helped to rescue the survivors of her former running mate Columbia. On May 9, 1916, the Roanoke sank in heavy seas off the California coast near San Luis Obispo with the loss of 47 lives. There were only three survivors.