SS Selma (1919)

SS Selma

Wreckage of SS Selma in 2013
History
Name	SS Selma
Builder	F.F. Ley and Company, Mobile, Alabama
Launched	28 June 1919
Fate	Abandoned in 1922
General characteristics
Tonnage	6,826 GRT 4,225 NRT
Length	425 ft (129.54 m)
Beam	54 ft (16.46 m)
Draught	36 ft (10.97 m)
Propulsion	T.3-cyl. 359 nhp Single screw
SS Selma (steamship)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Galveston, TX
Coordinates	29°20′39″N 94°47′11″W / 29.3442°N 94.7863°W / 29.3442; -94.7863
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
NRHP reference No.	93001449[1]
Added to NRHP	January 5, 1994

SS Selma was an oil tanker built in 1919 by F.F. Ley and Company, Mobile, Alabama. President Woodrow Wilson approved the construction of 24 concrete vessels of which only 12 were actually completed.

SS Selma is the only permanent, and prominent, wreck along the Houston Ship Channel. She lies approximately one mile north of Galveston Island.