SS City of Everett
The City of Everett under construction | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | City of Everett |
| Builder | Everett Shipyards |
| Launched | 1894 |
| Out of service | 1923 |
| Fate | foundered in Gulf of Mexico 1923 |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 346 ft (105 m) |
| Beam | 42 ft (13 m) |
| Height | 13.58 ft (4.14 m) |
| Notes | only whaleback to travel in the Suez Canal |
SS City of Everett was an important whaleback steamship. She sailed from 1894 until 1923, and was the first U.S. steamship to pass through the Suez Canal, as well as the first to circumnavigate the globe. Her radio call letters were GF and her signal letters KMCQ.