SS Caracas
Caracas in Red D Line service. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Caracas |
| Namesake | Caracas, Venezuela |
| Owner | Red D Line 1881–1888 |
| 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 | Yaquina Bay |
| Owner | Oregon Pacific Railroad Company 1888 |
| 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 Valencia |
SS Caracas (1881–1889) was a coastal passenger steamship built by William Cramp & Sons in Philadelphia. She was the older sister ship to Valencia. Both Caracas and Valencia (which sank in 1906, and seen after then as a ghost ship) served the route between New York City and Venezuela. The short life of Caracas ended in 1889, when she ran aground in Yaquina Bay under the name Yaquina Bay.