SS Roanoke

Roanoke in Seattle, headed for the Klondike, 1898
History
United States
Name	Roanoke
Owner	Old Dominion Steamship Company 1882–98 North American Transportation and Trading Company 1898–1901 North Pacific Steamship Company ?-1916
Route	New York City to Norfolk, Virginia Seattle to Nome, Alaska San Diego to Portland, Oregon
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.