SS Cuba (1920)

	The ship as Cuba
History
Name	1897: Coblenz; 1917: Sachem; 1920: Cuba;
Namesake	1897: Koblenz; 1917: Sachem; 1920: Cuba;
Owner	1897: Norddeutscher Lloyd; 1917: US Shipping Board; 1920: Pacific Mail SS Co;
Port of registry	1897: Bremen; 1917: San Francisco;
Route	1897: Bremen – Santos; 1903: Bremen – Manzanillo; 1909: Sydney – Kobe; 1920: San Francisco – Havana; 1923: San Francisco – Cristóbal;
Builder	Blohm+Voss, Hamburg
Yard number	121
Launched	18 March 1897
Completed	5 May 1897
Identification	1897: code letters QGJW; ; 1917: US official number 215771; 1917: code letters NFKJ; ; 1921: code letters LHTM; ;
Fate	Wrecked, 1923
General characteristics
Type	passenger and cargo ship
Tonnage	3,169 GRT, 2,001 NRT
Length	306.0 ft (93.3 m)
Beam	42.0 ft (12.8 m)
Depth	23.6 ft (7.2 m)
Decks	2
Installed power	280 NHP
Propulsion	2 × triple-expansion engines; 2 × screws;
Speed	11+1⁄2 knots (21 km/h)
Capacity	passengers:; 1897: 20 × 1st class; 232 × 3rd class; 1909: 24 × 1st class; 32 × 2nd class; 68 × 3rd class;
Crew	54
Notes	sister ships: Mainz, Trier

SS Cuba was a passenger and cargo steamship that was wrecked in 1923 off the coast of California. Her remains are now a wreck diving site. She was launched in Germany in 1897 as Coblenz for Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL), who owned and operated her until the United States seized her in 1917. The United States Shipping Board took possession of her and renamed her Sachem. In 1920 the Pacific Mail Steamship Company bought her and renamed her Cuba.

History
The ship as Cuba
Name	1897: Coblenz 1917: Sachem 1920: Cuba
Namesake	1897: Koblenz 1917: Sachem 1920: Cuba
Owner	1897: Norddeutscher Lloyd 1917: US Shipping Board 1920: Pacific Mail SS Co
Port of registry	1897: Bremen 1917: San Francisco
Route	1897: Bremen – Santos 1903: Bremen – Manzanillo 1909: Sydney – Kobe 1920: San Francisco – Havana 1923: San Francisco – Cristóbal
Builder	Blohm+Voss, Hamburg
Yard number	121
Launched	18 March 1897
Completed	5 May 1897
Identification	1897: code letters QGJW 1917: US official number 215771 1917: code letters NFKJ 1921: code letters LHTM
Fate	Wrecked, 1923
General characteristics
Type	passenger and cargo ship
Tonnage	3,169 GRT, 2,001 NRT
Length	306.0 ft (93.3 m)
Beam	42.0 ft (12.8 m)
Depth	23.6 ft (7.2 m)
Decks	2
Installed power	280 NHP
Propulsion	2 × triple-expansion engines 2 × screws
Speed	11+1⁄2 knots (21 km/h)
Capacity	passengers: 1897: 20 × 1st class; 232 × 3rd class 1909: 24 × 1st class; 32 × 2nd class; 68 × 3rd class
Crew	54
Notes	sister ships: Mainz, Trier