SS Ohio (1872)
SS Ohio prior to Alaska Service 1897
For other ships of the same name, see SS Ohio.SS Ohio anchored off Nome, Alaska, 1907 |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | SS Ohio |
| Namesake: | Ohio, USA |
| Owner: | American Line |
| Operator: | American Steamship Company |
| Port of registry: | United States |
| Builder: | William Cramp & Sons |
| Cost: | $520,000 |
| Launched: | October 30, 1872 |
| Maiden voyage: | August 7, 1873 |
| Refit: | 1887 |
| Fate: | Wrecked off the coast of British Columbia, August 26, 1909 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Pennsylvania class passenger-cargo ship |
| Tonnage: | 3,104 gross |
| Length: | 343 ft |
| Beam: | 43 ft |
| Depth of hold: | 32 ft 2 in |
| Propulsion: | Compound (later triple expansion) steam engine, single screw, auxiliary sails |
| Speed: | 11.5 knots |
| Capacity: | 46 x 1st-, 132 2nd class and 789 steerage passengers |
SS Ohio was an iron passenger-cargo steamship built by William Cramp & Sons in 1872. The second of a series of four Pennsylvania-class vessels, Ohio and her three sister ships—Pennsylvania, Indiana and Illinois—were the largest iron ships ever built in the United States at the time of their construction, and amongst the first to be fitted with compound steam engines. They were also the first ships to challenge British dominance of the transatlantic trade since the American Civil War.
Ohio spent most of her career on the Liverpool-Philadelphia route she had originally been designed to service. After 25 years of transatlantic crossings, Ohio was sold in 1898 for service in the Alaskan gold rush. She was wrecked in British Columbian waters in 1909.
Read more about SS Ohio (1872): Development, Construction, Service History
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