| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Yankee Blade |
| Builder | Perrine, Patterson & Stack |
| Launched | November 11, 1853 |
| Fate | Wrecked October 1, 1854 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | steamship |
| Tonnage | 1767-tons TM |
| Length | 274 ft 4 in (83.62 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft 0 in (11.89 m) |
| Depth | 22 ft 0 in (6.71 m) |
| Propulsion | 75 inch cylinder, 11 feet stroke engine by Allaire Iron Works |
SS Yankee Blade was a three-masted sidewheel paddle steamer belonging to the Independent Line (a holding of Cornelius Vanderbilt). Yankee Blade was one of the first steamships built to transport gold, passengers, and cargo between Panama and San Francisco, California, during the California Gold Rush.[1] The ship was wrecked in fog off Point Arguello in Southern California on October 1, 1854. The shipwreck cost an estimated 30 to 40 lives.[2]
- ^ Belyk, R. C. (2001). Great Shipwrecks of the Pacific Coast. New York: Wiley.
- ^ "Terrible Disaster!". Sacramento Daily Union. 10 October 1854. p. 2.