SS Cotopaxi was an Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) Design 1060 bulk carrier built for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) under the World War I emergency shipbuilding program. She and a crew of thirty-two vanished in December 1925, while en route from Charleston, South Carolina, to Havana, with a cargo of coal. On 1 December, Cotopaxi radioed a distress call reporting that the ship was listing and taking on water during a tropical storm. The ship was officially listed as overdue on 31 December.
Appearance List Article: “Cotopaxi Still Lost; Lighthouse Men Watch; No Word Since Tuesday” in The Sunday News (No. 6 December 1925), “Efforts To Locate Missing Ship Fail” in The Washington Post (December 6, 1925), “Lloyd’s Posts Cotopaxi as ‘Missing'” in The New York Times (January 7, 1926), “Ships and the Sea” in the Evening Post (No. 27 March 1926), “Disappearance of Collier Unsolved After 33 Years” in The News and Courier (1958). Podcast: Astonishing Legends: Episode 170 Has the Cotopaxi Been Found?.
Sample Read Astonishing Legends: Episode 170 Has the Cotopaxi Been Found [YT]
Description SS Cotopaxi was an Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) Design 1060 bulk carrier built for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) under the World War I emergency shipbuilding program. She and a crew of thirty-two vanished in December 1925, while en route from Charleston, South Carolina, to Havana, with a cargo of coal. On 1 December, Cotopaxi radioed a distress call reporting that the ship was listing and taking on water during a tropical storm. The ship was officially listed as overdue on 31 December.
