The Cuba was a steamship owned by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Originally launched in 1897 as the German SS Coblenz, she was seized by the United States in 1917, and named SS Sachem, until Pacific Mail purchased her from the Shipping Board on February 6, 1920, for US$400,000 and renamed SS Cuba. Pacific Mail first used the Cuba to carry passengers and cargo between San Francisco, California, and Havana, Cuba, then shifted to a San Francisco-to-Cristobal route. On the morning of September 8, 1923, The ship's radio was out. She had been navigating through a dense fog for several days. Cuba struck a reef just off San Miguel Island in the Santa Barbara Channel off Point Arguello of Santa Barbara County, California. All aboard survived and were rescued by , a Clemson class destroyer that was accompanying the ships that were later involved in the Honda Point Disaster of the same day. 71 people were saved at 4:30am in fog. The Cuba was a total loss. The wreck is located at approximately . References Sources External links Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary: Maritime Heritage Maritime incidents in 1923 History of Santa Barbara County, California Ships built in Hamburg Steamships of Germany Ships of Norddeutscher Lloyd Shipwrecks of the California coast Steamships of the United States World War I merchant ships of Germany World War I merchant ships of the United States 1897 ships