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SS Orizaba

Cargo Ship:

Built in 1883 by Harlan and Hollingsworth, Wilmington, DE. for D. F. Sullivan

Launched, date unknown

Completed in May 1883, named Kate Caroll

Renamed Willamette Valley in 1887

Renamed Orizaba in 1896

Chartered from the Pacific Coast Steamship Co, by the US Army in 1900 to lay cables at Unalakik - St Michael - Safety Island, Cape Nome, Alaska

Final Disposition, wrecked in 1900

Specifications:
Displacement 967 t. gross
Length 205'
Beam 34'
Draft 16'1"
Speed unknown

Complement

Officers, unknown

Enlisted, twelve

Civilian, unknown

Cruise Radius unknown

Fuel Capacities unknown

Propulsion unknown

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History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications - CS Orizaba

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