SS California may refer to:
, a United States mail steamer

Mail steamer

Mail steamers were steamships which carried the mail across waterways, such as across an ocean or between islands, primarily during the 19th Century and early 20th Century, when the cost of sending a letter was declining to the point an ordinary person could afford the cost of sending a letter...

 built by William Henry Webb in 1848 for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company

American President Lines

American President Lines Ltd. is the world's seventh-largest container transportation and shipping company, providing services to more than 140 countries through a network combining intermodal freight transport operations with IT and e-commerce...

 which operated between the Isthmus of Panama

Isthmus of Panama

The Isthmus of Panama, also historically known as the Isthmus of Darien, is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North and South America. It contains the country of Panama and the Panama Canal...

 and the US Pacific Coast

West Coast of the United States

West Coast or Pacific Coast are terms for the westernmost coastal states of the United States. The term most often refers to the states of California, Oregon, and Washington. Although not part of the contiguous United States, Alaska and Hawaii do border the Pacific Ocean but can't be included in...

, finally being wrecked near Pacasmayo, Peru in 1895., a British passenger cargo vessel

Passenger ship

A passenger ship is a ship whose primary function is to carry passengers. The category does not include cargo vessels which have accommodations for limited numbers of passengers, such as the ubiquitous twelve-passenger freighters once common on the seas in which the transport of passengers is...

 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, a British passenger cargo vessel

Passenger ship

A passenger ship is a ship whose primary function is to carry passengers. The category does not include cargo vessels which have accommodations for limited numbers of passengers, such as the ubiquitous twelve-passenger freighters once common on the seas in which the transport of passengers is...

 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, a British passenger vessel built in 1902 by Caird & Company of Greenock

Greenock

Greenock is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council area in United Kingdom, and a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland...

 for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company

Pacific Steam Navigation Company

The Pacific Steam Navigation Company was a commercial shipping company that operated in the Pacific coast of South America, and was the first to use steam ships for commercial traffic in the Pacific Ocean.-History:...

 and torpedoed on 17 October 1917 http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=15331, a British passenger vessel built in 1907 and torpedoed on 7 February 1917, a British ocean liner

Ocean liner

An ocean liner is a ship designed to transport people from one seaport to another along regular long-distance maritime routes according to a schedule. Liners may also carry cargo or mail, and may sometimes be used for other purposes .Cargo vessels running to a schedule are sometimes referred to as...

 built in 1923 and sunk by German

Germany

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 air attack in 1943, a U.S. passenger ship

Passenger ship

A passenger ship is a ship whose primary function is to carry passengers. The category does not include cargo vessels which have accommodations for limited numbers of passengers, such as the ubiquitous twelve-passenger freighters once common on the seas in which the transport of passengers is...

 built in 1928 for the Panama Pacific Line

Panama Pacific Line

The Panama Pacific Line was a subsidiary line of International Mercantile Marine established to carry passengers and freight between the U.S. East and West Coasts via the Panama Canal....

; scene in 1936 of the SS California strike

SS California strike

The SS California strike was a strike aboard the ocean liner from 1 March to 4 March 1936 as the ship lay docked in San Pedro, California. The strike led to the demise of the International Seamen's Union and the creation of the National Maritime Union .-Strike:Joseph Curran was a seaman about the...

; renamed Uruguay in 1938 for service to South America; scrapped in 1964

See also

• Californian (ship)