SS Commodore

SS Commodore

SS Commodore at dock
History
Launched	1882
Fate	Wrecked 1897
General characteristics
Tonnage	178 tons
Length	122.5 ft (37.3 m)
Beam	21 ft (6.4 m)
Draft	9 ft (2.7 m)
Installed power	Coal-fired

SS Commodore was an American steamboat that was wrecked off the coast of Florida on 2 January 1897, while en route to Cuba. The event was immortalized when passenger and author Stephen Crane, who was traveling as a war correspondent for the Bacheller-Johnson syndicate, wrote the classic short story "The Open Boat" about his experience.