SS Dakota

The SS "Dakota" was a steamship built by the Eastern Shipbuilding Company in Groton, Connecticut and owned by railroad magnate James J. Hill of the Great Northern Steamship Company.] Eighty bags of mail later washed ashore.]

After the ship was lost, Hill vowed not to make any more ships under the American flag, noting the high cost of maintaining a ship in America compared to Japan due to restrictions he regarded as "onerous".]

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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20030516170822/http://greatcruisephotos.com/images/museum/Dakota1.jpgPhotograph of the SS "Dakota" from an archived version of www.greatcruisephotos.com on the Internet Archive]
* [http://www.cthistoryonline.org/cdm-cho/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/cho&CISOPTR=9318&CISOBOX "Dakota" sinking by the bow] (*note all lifeboats have been successfully launched on the starboard side.)