The Wreck of the SS Valencia

The SS Valencia was a passenger steamer originally built in 1886 to ferry passengers between New York City and Venezuela. In 1898 she was pressed into military service to take troops to the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. She eventually wound up with a route between Alaska and San Francisco an area that includes the graveyard of the Pacific. The death toll from the Valencia was only a bit over a hundred people, so if you're offended by us joking around about it don't be too offended.