SS Carolina

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SS Carolina
History
Name	SS Carolina
Owner	Plant Investment Co.
Builder	The Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Cost	US$500,000
Yard number	15
Christened	30 January 1896 as La Grande Duchesse
Acquired	9 April 1899
Maiden voyage	7 September 1907
In service	1896-1918
Out of service	N/A
Fate	Sunk by gunfire from German U-boat SM U-151 on Sunday June 2, 1918. Wreck lies in approximately 240 ft (73 m) of water, roughly 65 miles east of Atlantic City, New Jersey.
General characteristics
Tonnage	5017
Length	380 feet
Beam	47 feet
Draft	33 feet

The SS Carolina was a 380-foot-long (120 m) passenger liner; it was one of six vessels sunk on a single day during World War I by the German submarine U-151 on "Black Sunday". The wreck was rediscovered in 1995 by wreck divers John Chatterton and John Yurga.