SS Comet

SS Comet may also refer to one of several commercial passenger steamships:

• PS Comet, a paddle steamer built in 1811 in Port Glasgow that established the first successful commercial passenger service in Europe; wrecked in 1820 near Oban
• PS Comet (1821), a paddle steamer built in 1821 at Dumbarton in succession to the 1811 vessel; sank in a collision in 1825 with the loss of about 70 lives [1]
• PS Comet (1825), a steam packet built in Liverpool in 1825 and later renamed Lucifer; she was a hulk from 1875 [2]
• Comet (steamboat), a wooden steamship built in 1857 in Cleveland, Ohio; carried wargo and passengers on the Great Lakes; wrecked 1875 in Lake Superior with a cargo of silver ore
• Comet (sternwheeler), an American steamboat in operation from 1871 to 1900 in the state of Washington

For other ships with the same name, see Comet (ship).

or one of several Type C2 ships built for the United States Maritime Commission:

• SS Comet (1939) (MC hull number 33, Type C2), built by Federal Shipbuilding; transferred to the United States Navy as Castor-class general stores issue ship USS Pollux (AKS-2); wrecked and lost in Newfoundland in 1942
• SS Comet (1941) (MC hull number 125, Type C2-T), built by Tampa Shipbuilding; transferred to the United States Navy as Lassen-class ammunition ship USS Shasta (AE-6); scrapped in 1972
• USS Comet (AP-166) (MC hull number 293, Type C2-S-B1), built in 1943 by Moore Dry Dock as SS Comet; transferred to the United States Navy as a La Salle-class transport; sold for commercial use in 1948; scrapped in 1970

References

1. Deayton, Alistair (2013). Directory of Clyde paddle steamers. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Amberley Publishing. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-4456-1487-8.
2. "Comet". Miramar Ship Index (subscription required). Rodger Haworth. Retrieved 2 March 2019.