Foundered off Jacksonville, Florida, December 1925
General characteristics
Type
Design 1060 ship
Tonnage
2,351 GRT
1,433 NRT
4,062 DWT
Length
253 ft 0 in (77.11 m) registered length
Beam
43 ft 8 in (13.31 m)
Depth
25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Installed power
211 Nhp
1,350 ihp (1,010 kW)
2 x Scotch marine boilers
Propulsion
Great Lakes Engineering Works 3-cylinder triple expansion
Speed
9.0 knots (16.7 km/h; 10.4 mph)
Crew
30-32
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SS Cotopaxi was an Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) Design 1060 bulk carrier built for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) under the World War I emergency shipbuilding program. The ship, launched 15 November 1918, was named after the Cotopaxi stratovolcano of Ecuador. The ship arrived in Boston, 22 December 1918, to begin operations for the USSB, through 23 December 1919, when Cotopaxi was delivered to the Clinchfield Navigation Company under terms of sale.
During operation for the USSB the ship suffered serious damage in a grounding on the coast of Brazil, and later, operating for Clinchfield Navigation, was involved in a collision with a tug in Havana, Cuba, resulting in the tug being sunk. She and a crew of thirty-two vanished in December 1925, while en route from Charleston, South Carolina, to Havana, with a cargo of coal.
The wreck was discovered in the 1980s, but not identified until January 2020.
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