SS Panama, later Aleutian, leaving Cristobal, Canal Zone, date unknown
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History | |
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Name | SS Havana |
Operator | Ward Line (1899–1905) |
Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
Yard number | 294[1] |
Completed | January 1899 |
Identification | U.S. O/N:96435[1] |
Fate | Sold 1905 |
Name | SS Panama |
Operator | Panama Railroad Steamship Company[2] |
Acquired | 1905 |
Fate | Sold 1926 |
Name | SS Aleutian |
Operator | Alaska Steamship Company |
Acquired | 1926 |
Fate | Wrecked 26 May 1929 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Passenger liner |
Tonnage | 5,708 |
Length | 360 ft (110 m) |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Installed power | 2 x triple expansion engines |
Propulsion | Twin screw |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
SS Aleutian (Shipwreck) | |
Location | 57°25′30″N 153°50′42″W / 57.4250°N 153.8450°W |
Nearest city | Larsen Bay, Alaska |
NRHP reference No. | 04000593[3] |
Added to NRHP | June 18, 2004 |
SS Aleutian was a passenger ship in North American coastal service. Built in 1899 for the Ward Line as SS Havana, she would later serve the building of the Panama Canal as SS Panama and ultimately enter Alaskan service as SS Aleutian.