SS Comet explained

SS Comet may also refer to one of several commercial passenger steamships:

• , a paddle steamer built in 1811 in Port Glasgow that established the first successful commercial passenger service in Europe; wrecked in 1820 near Oban
• , a paddle steamer built in 1821 at Dumbarton in succession to the 1811 vessel; sank in a collision in 1825 with the loss of about 70 lives ^[1]
• , a steam packet built in Liverpool in 1825 and later renamed Lucifer; she was a hulk from 1875 ^[2]
• , a wooden steamship built in 1857 in Cleveland, Ohio; carried cargo and passengers on the Great Lakes; wrecked 1875 in Lake Superior with a cargo of silver ore
• , an American steamboat in operation from 1871 to 1900 in the state of Washington

or one of several Type C2 ships built for the United States Maritime Commission:

• (MC hull number 33, Type C2), built by Federal Shipbuilding; transferred to the United States Navy as USS Pollux (AKS-2); wrecked and lost in Newfoundland in 1942
• (MC hull number 125, Type C2-T), built by Tampa Shipbuilding; transferred to the United States Navy as USS Shasta (AE-6); scrapped in 1972
• (MC hull number 293, Type C2-S-B1), built in 1943 by Moore Dry Dock as SS Comet; transferred to the United States Navy as a ; sold for commercial use in 1948; scrapped in 1970

Notes and References

1. Book: Deayton . Alistair . Directory of Clyde paddle steamers . 2013 . Amberley Publishing . Stroud, Gloucestershire . 978-1-4456-1487-8 . 26.
2. Web site: Comet . Miramar Ship Index (subscription required) . Rodger Haworth . 2 March 2019.