SS George W. Elder

	The George W. Elder off Sitka, Alaska.
History
United States
Name	George W. Elder
Owner	Old Dominion Steamship Company; 1874–1876; Oregon Steamship Company; 1876–?; Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company; ?–1904; San Francisco and Portland Steamship Company; 1904–1905; North Pacific Steamship Company; 1905–1918;
Operator	Old Dominion Steamship Company; 1874–1876; Oregon Steamship Company; 1876–1879; Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company; 1879–1899; United States Army; 1899; Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company; 1899–1904; San Francisco and Portland Steamship Company; 1904–1905; North Pacific Steamship Company; 1905–1918;
Route	Chesapeake Bay to New York City; 1874–1876; San Francisco, California to Portland, Oregon; 1876–?;
Builder	Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding and Engine Works (Chester, PA)
Launched	1874
In service	1874–1918
Out of service	1918
Fate	Sold in 1918
Notes	Renamed America
Chile
Name	America
Owner	Artigas Riolrio Compania; 1918–1935;
Operator	Artigas Riolrio Compania; 1918–1935;
Route	Chilean coastal service
Out of service	1935
Fate	Scrapped in 1935
General characteristics
Type	Coastal passenger/cargo liner
Length	250 ft (76 m)
Beam	38 ft (12 m)
Draft	16 ft (5 m)
Installed power	Single Triple expansion engine
Propulsion	Single screw

SS George W. Elder (1874–1935) was a passenger/cargo ship. Originally a U.S. east coast steamer, she was built by John Roach & Sons in Chester, Pennsylvania. The George W. Elder became a west coast steamer in 1876 and served with the Oregon Steamship Company, Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company, San Francisco and Portland Steamship Company and the North Pacific Steamship Company. In 1907, the George W. Elder helped to rescue the survivors of her former running mate Columbia. The last owners of the George W. Elder were a Chilean firm which operated her under the name America. She operated the Chilean Coast under this guise until 1935, when she was finally scrapped. The location of her scrapping remains unknown.

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