- SS Commodore
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The SS Commodore at dock
The Commodore was an American steamboat that shipwrecked off the coast of Florida on January 2, 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. Crane and three other men, including the ship's captain, Edward Murphy, were stranded in a 10-foot (3.0 m) dinghy for nearly thirty hours near the Mosquito Inlet Lighthouse (today's Ponce de Leon Inlet Light) before they were able to reach shore; all but one of the men survived.
References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Davis, Linda H. 1998. Badge of Courage: The Life of Stephan Crane. New York: Mifflin. ISBN 0899199348.
- McCarthy, Kevin M. and William L. Trotter. 1992. Thirty Florida Shipwrecks. Pineapple Press Inc. ISBN 1561640077.
External links
Categories:- Shipwrecks of the Florida coast
- Maritime incidents in 1897
- Steamships of the United States
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