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{{Short description|American cargo ship (1918–1919)}}

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| Ship fate =wrecked at [[Terschelling]], the Netherland on 13 November 1919
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'''SS ''Council Bluffs''''' was a 1918-built, 77.1 metres long American cargo [[steamship]]. It was built by [[Great Lakes Engineering Works]] and owned by [[United States Shipping Board]]. During the morning of 13 November 1919, the ship sank by a mine near [[Terschelling]], the Netherlands. The wreck of the ship was found in 1993.

==Ship details==
The steel cargo ship was built in 1918<ref name=wreck /> or 1919<ref name=DM /> by [[Great Lakes Engineering Works]] and owned by [[United States Shipping Board]] of [[Detroit]]. She was {{convert|77.1|m|ftin}} long and had a width of {{cvt|13.3|m|ftin}}. She had tonnage of 2450 GRT. She had a 1 x 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine with a single shaft and 1 screw. She had a speed of 9.5 knots. She had yard number 213 and IMO number: 217512.<ref name=wreck>{{Cite web|url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13208 |work= Wrecksite|title= SS Council Bluffs [+1919]}}</ref>

==History==
On 16 October 1919 she departed from [[Philadelphia]], United States to [[Rotterdam]], the Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB04:000191519:mpeg21:a0069 |work= [[De Maasbode]] |title= Te Rotterdam verwachte schepen. |date=12 November 1919|via=[[Delpher]]|language=nl}}</ref> After arriving in Rotterdam, she departed on 12 November 1919 to [[Hamburg]], Germany. From Hamburg she was scheduled to take cargo to the United States.<ref name=DM>{{Cite news|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB04:000191526:mpeg21:a0028 |work= [[De Maasbode]] |title= Een Amerikaansch stoomschip onder de Hollandsche kust vergaan. |date=13 November 1919|via=[[Delpher]]|language=nl}}</ref>

===Fate===
During the morning of 13 November 1919 at around 8am, she struck a mine near the Dutch coast. She broke into two pieces and sank. The 38 crew memberes were  able to get into two lifeboats. After being for three hours in the lifeboats, they were found by Dutch minesweeper ''{{ill|Hr.Ms. M1|nl|Hr.Ms. M 1 (1918)}}'' that was actually in search for lifeboats of the sunken ship ''Zaan''.<ref name=AH /><ref>{{Cite news|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMSAA06:165649046:mpeg21:a00039 |work= [[De Amstelbode]] |title= Binnenland. {{!}} De vermiste sloep van de "Zaan" |date=24 November 1919|via=[[Delpher]]|language=nl}}</ref>

The crew members arrived at [[Nieuwediep, Netherlands|Nieuwediep]] at 6pm and were brought to several hotels.<ref name=AH>{{Cite news|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010654365:mpeg21:a0149 |work= [[Algemeen Handelsblad]] |title= Schipbreukelingen. |date=14 November 1919|via=[[Delpher]]|language=nl}}</ref>

==Wreck==
In 1993 the wreck of the ship was found by divers of Terschelling. The two parts of the ship are lying 80 metres apart from each other. The [[Bow (watercraft)|bow]] was standing upright. Two anchors were still in the lockers that were secured on the forecastle with chain stoppers. The ship was broken behind the anchor lockers. A porthole is still visible. Very little remains of the [[stern]]. Recognizable were the rudder quadrant and the rudder stock that protrudes meters above the bottom. Half in the sand two Scottish steam boilers and a large triple-expansion steam engine. In the stern were many refractory boiler bricks marked “Sawyer & Fisher Phoenix No.1.”; “Savage” and “Sawerville”.<ref name=wrak>{{Cite web|url= https://wrakkenmuseum.nl/wrakken/council-bluffs |work= {{ill|Wrakkenmuseum|nl}}|title= Scheepswrak: Council Bluffs|language=nl}}</ref>

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[[Category:1918 ships]]
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[[Category:Steamships of the United States]]
[[Category:Merchant ships of the United States]]
[[Category:Shipwrecks of the Netherlands]]
[[Category:1919 in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Terschelling]]

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