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The ''America'' was a passenger and package delivery ship built in 1898; it was sunk in Washington Harbor off the shore of Isle Royale in Lake Superior in 1928 and the remains are still on the lake bottom. The wreck was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.〔 ==History== The ''America'' (Official No. 107367)〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Superior Shipwrecks )〕 was a steel-hulled ship, built by the Detroit Dry Dock Company and launched on April 2, 1898. The ship was 184 feet long, 31 feet wide, and 11 feet in depth.〔 She had a gross tonnage of 486 tons and a net of 283 tons.〔 She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine and two Scotch boilers, manufactured by the Dry Dock Engine Works, delivering 700HP.〔 Less than a month after her launch, the ''America'' began a daily run, transporting both passengers and packages on Lake Michigan between Chicago and Michigan City, Indiana.〔 The ship remained on this run until 1901; in 1902 she was purchased by the Booth Steamship Company and transferred to service in Lake Superior.〔〔 There, the ship served as a communications link for the western portion of Lake Superior, running three voyages per week among Duluth, Minnesota, Isle Royale, and Thunder Bay, Ontario and numerous small communities in between.〔 The ship carried supplies in and fish catch out, as well as moving both mail and passengers.〔 The ''America'' had a number of accidents; the first one barely two weeks after she arrived in Duluth, when the ship ran into an ice floe and stove in her bow.〔 In 1904, she ran too close to another steamer, destroying 5 staterooms, and in 1909 she ran aground.〔 In 1909, the Booth Steamship Company failed and a new company, the Booth Fisheries Company, took over operation of the failed company's assets, including the ''America''.〔 In 1911, the ''America'' was lengthened to 183 feet, increasing the gross and net tonnages to 937 tons and 593 tons, respectively.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Isle Royal National Park, National Park Service )〕 The beam and depth remained the same. The rework added 12 more staterooms, bringing the total to 51, of which 43 were reserved for passengers.〔 In 1914, management of the ship was taken over by the United States & Dominion Transportation Company, a subsidiary of Booth.〔 Also in 1914, the ''America'' again ran aground, taking considerable damage.〔 In 1926, it collided with another steamer, and in 1927 rammed the dock and grounded while coming into port.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS America (1898)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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