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PS General Slocum
The PS ''General Slocum'' was a passenger steamboat built in Brooklyn, New York, in 1891. The ''General Slocum'' was named for Civil War General and New York Congressman Henry Warner Slocum. She operated in the New York City area as an excursion steamer for the next thirteen years under the same ownership. During her service history, she was involved in a number of mishaps, including multiple groundings and collisions.
On June 15, 1904, the ''General Slocum'' caught fire and sank in the East River of New York City. At the time of the accident she was on a chartered run carrying members of St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church (German Americans from Little Germany, Manhattan) to a church picnic. An estimated 1,021 of the 1,342 people on board died. The ''General Slocum'' disaster was the New York area's worst disaster in terms of loss of life until the September 11, 2001 attacks. It is the worst maritime disaster in the city's history. The events surrounding the ''General Slocum'' fire were explored in a number of books, plays and movies.
==Construction and design==
The ''General Slocum'' was built by Devine Burtis, Jr., a Brooklyn boatbuilder who was awarded the contract on February 15, 1891. Her keel was long and the hull was wide constructed of white oak and yellow pine. The ''Slocum'' measured 1,284 tons gross,〔Cussler, Clive, (General Slocum ), National Underwater and Marine Agency. Retrieved November 26, 2010. 〕 and had a hull depth of .〔 The ''Slocum'' was constructed with three decks, three watertight compartments and 250 electric lights.〔
''General Slocum'' was powered by a single-cylinder, surface condensing vertical beam steam engine with 53 inch bore and 12 foot stroke, built by W. & A. Fletcher Company of Hoboken, New Jersey. Steam was supplied by two boilers at a working pressure of 52 psi.〔("A Very Handsome Boat" ), ''The New York Times'', June 26, 1891.〕 The ''Slocum'' was a sidewheel boat. Each wheel had 26 paddles and was in diameter. Her maximum speed was about . The ship was usually manned by a crew of 22, including Captain William H. Van Schaick and two pilots.
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