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SS ''Dakota'' was a steamship built by the Eastern Shipbuilding Company in Groton, Connecticut and owned by railroad magnate James J. Hill of the Great Northern Steamship Company. ==History== SS ''Dakota'' and her sister ship, ''SS Minnesota'',〔 were described as the largest ships ever built in America.〔〔 ''Dakota'' was built "to give impetus to the trade with the Orient", trading with Japan and Hong Kong〔 and travelling the Pacific route. Launched in 7 February 1904, she was a twin screw vessel with four masts and one funnel, capable of 14.6 knots.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mysticseaport.org/Library/immigration/steamshipDetail.cfm?Expr1=Dakota1904 )〕 She was wrecked when she struck a reef〔 off the coast of Yokohama on 3 March 1907〔 on her seventh journey. The ship was close enough to shore to avoid any deaths and the passengers and cargo were evacuated before she sank.〔 The passengers returned to the United States aboard the Japanese steamship ''Hakuai''. Eighty bags of mail later washed ashore.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dakota 1907 )〕 After the ship was lost, Hill vowed not to make any more ships under the American flag, noting the high cost of maintaining a ship in America compared to Japan due to restrictions he regarded as "onerous". Hill did eventually build more ships such as the SS Great Northern and the SS Northern Pacific 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 Dakota」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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