| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | SS United States |
| Builder | S. Gildersleeve & Son, Portland, Connecticut |
| Launched | 1864 |
| Identification |
|
| Fate | Wrecked off Cape Romain, South Carolina, 3 April 1881 |
| Notes | no lives lost |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | steamship |
| Tonnage | 1,289 GRT 1,180.10 NRT |
| Length | 197 ft 0 in (60.05 m) LOA |
| Beam | 36 ft 5 in (11.10 m) |
| Draught | 17 ft 2 in (5.23 m) |
| Depth of hold | 24 ft 0 in (7.32 m) |
| Decks | 3 |
| Installed power | 40 in × 40 in (1,000 mm × 1,000 mm), two cylinder, direct action steam engine |
| Propulsion | screw |
| Sail plan | brigantine |
SS United States was a merchant steamship launched in 1864 and lost off Cape Romain, South Carolina, in 1881.[1] She was the most expensive steamer built by the American shipbuilding firm of S. Gildersleeve & Son, which built 120 vessels.[2] The vessel was named for her country and sported the United States' national symbol, an American eagle, as her figurehead.[3]
She ran aground on Cape Romain on 3 April 1881.
In June 2013, E. Lee Spence announced that United States's wreck site had been located.[4]
- ^ Savannah Morning News, Savannah, Georgia, 8 April 1881, p. 3, c. 5
- ^ "Portland Shipbuilding". Mystic Seaport Collections and Research Department: Online Resources. Mystic Seaport. p. 515, entry #89.
- ^ "Permanent Enrollment", #275, 4 May 1880, Boston, Mass., NARS RG-41
- ^ Lorenzi, Rossella (30 June 2013). "Civil War Steamer Found Off South Carolina". Oceans. Discovery News.