SS Caracas (1881)
Caracas in Red D Line service.
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| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Caracas |
| Namesake | Caracas, Venezuela |
| Owner | |
| Port of registry | United States |
| Route | New York City to Caracas via Laguayra and Puerto Cabello |
| Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
| Yard number | 218 |
| Launched | 1881 |
| Maiden voyage | July 1881 |
| In service | 1881 |
| Out of service | 1888 |
| Fate | Sold and renamed Yaquina Bay. |
| United States | |
| Name | SS Yaquina Bay |
| Owner | |
| Port of registry | United States |
| Route | Yaquina City, Oregon to San Francisco, California via Newport, Oregon (planned) |
| Acquired | 1888 |
| In service | 1888 (Planned) |
| Fate | Wrecked |
| Notes | Ran aground at Yaquina Bay in 1888 and declared a total loss. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner/Coastal passenger liner |
| Tonnage | 1,200 tons |
| Length | 257 ft (78 m) |
| Beam | 34 ft (10 m) |
| Notes | Sister ship to the Valencia |
The SS Caracas (1881–1889) was a coastal passenger steamship built by William Cramp & Sons in Philadelphia. She was the older sister ship to the Valencia. Both Caracas and Valencia (which sank in 1906, and seen after then as a ghost ship) served from New York City to Venezuela. The short life of Caracas ended in 1889, when she ran aground in Yaquina Bay under the name Yaquina Bay.