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'''SS ''California''''' has been the name of at least seven [[ship]]s:
'''SS ''California''''' may refer to the following ships:
* {{SS|California|1848}}, a United States [[paddle wheel]] [[mail steamer]] built in 1848 for the [[Pacific Mail Steamship Company]] which was wrecked near [[Pacasmayo]], Peru in 1895
* {{SS|California|1864}}, a 168-foot schooner-rigged passenger freighter built in Mystic, Connecticut as the Little California. She came to the west coast in 1866, and for several years made runs to Alaska. Renamed Eureka sometime between 1877 and 1889. According to Santa Cruz Island Company records, Eureka carried cargo for the Santa Cruz Island Company for a decade from 1889 through 1897. In 1891 she was acquired by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company. Eureka was scrapped in San Francisco in 1898<ref>{{cite web |title=Eureka (No. 5174) |url=https://www.islapedia.com/index.php?title=Eureka_(No._5174) |website=Islapedia.com |access-date=2024-03-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Merchant Vessels of the United States |date=1889 |publisher=United States |page=9}}</ref>
* {{SS|California|1872}}, a UK [[passenger ship|passenger and cargo ship]] built 1872 for the [[Anchor Line (steamship company)|Anchor Line]] and scrapped in 1904
* {{SS|California|1890}}, sailing ship built by [[Harland and Wolff]] in 1890 for North Western Shipping
* {{SS|California|1902}}, a UK passenger ship built in 1902 for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company and torpedoed on 17 October 1917
* {{SS|California|1907}}, a UK passenger ship built in 1907 and torpedoed on 7 February 1917
* {{SS|West Hixton}}, a US cargo ship built in 1920 and later renamed ''California''
* {{SS|California|Los Angeles, 1920}}, a cargo ship torpedoed and sunk in World War II
* {{SS|California|Scotts, 1920}}, an [[ocean liner]] built in Scotland in 1920 as ''Albania'' and later renamed ''California'' by her Italian owners
* {{SS|Helen Vinmont}}, a US oil tanker built in 1921, renamed SS ''Agwismith'' and then renamed SS ''California''
* {{SS|California|1923}}, a UK ocean liner built in 1923 and sunk by German air attack in 1943
* {{SS|California|1927}}, a US ocean liner built in 1928 for the Panama Pacific Line; renamed ''Uruguay'' in 1938 and scrapped in 1964


==See also==
* [[SS California (1848)|SS ''California'']], a [[US]] [[Mail steamer]] built by [[William Henry Webb]] in 1848 for the [[American President Lines|Pacific Mail Steamship Company]] which operated between the [[Isthmus of Panama]] and the [[West Coast of the United States|US Pacific Coast]], finally being wrecked near Pacasmayo, Peru in 1895.
* {{USS|California}}
* [[SS California (1872)|SS ''California'']], a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[passenger ship|passenger cargo vessel]] built by [[Alexander Stephen & Sons]] in 1872 for the Anchor Line and scrapped in 1904. [http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=3213]
* {{SS|Californian}}
* [[SS State of California (1891)|SS ''State of California'']], a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[passenger ship|passenger cargo vessel]] built by [[Alexander Stephen & Sons]] in 1891 for the State of California Company and scrapped in 1925. [http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=3365]
* {{ship||Californian|ship}}
* [[SS California (1902)|SS ''California'']], a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[passenger vessel]] built in 1902 by Caird & Company of [[Greenock]] for the [[Pacific Steam Navigation Company]] and torpedoed on [[17 October]] [[1917]].[http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=15331]
* [[SS California (1907)|SS ''California'']], a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[passenger vessel]] built in 1907 and torpedoed on [[7 February]] [[1917]].
* [[SS California (1923)|SS ''California'']], a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[ocean liner]] built in 1923 and sunk by [[Germany|German]] air attack in 1943.
* [[SS California (1928)|SS ''California'']], a [[US]] [[passenger ship]] built in 1928 aboard which the [[SS California strike|SS ''California'' strike]] took place.


{{Ship index}}
{{see also|SS Californian}}
{{see also|USS California}}


==References==
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{{Reflist}}

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Latest revision as of 21:28, 10 March 2024

SS California may refer to the following ships:

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References

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  1. ^ "Eureka (No. 5174)". Islapedia.com. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
  2. ^ Merchant Vessels of the United States. United States. 1889. p. 9.