A fact from SS City of Chester appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 April 2014 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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The name was not unusual for ship with several British ships having the name.The Nineteenth Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States, Year ended June 30, 1887 lists two U.S. ships with the name at the time, both built in Chester, Pennsylvania. The first is subject of this article, O/N 125473, signal JRNK, 1,106.21 GRT and length 202 ft (61.6 m). The second is a smaller ship, also built in Chester, Pennsylvania (but perhaps not the same builder as that vessel does not appear in other lists for the builder), O/N 125002, no signal given, 153.78 GRT and length 107 ft (32.6 m). Several references confuse the two — including the usually very accurate ShipBuilding History. There the two are confused with the one entry for hull #122, O/N 125002, City of Chester for the Oregon S.S. Co., cargo ship, 935 gross tons, delivered April 1873 and in collision and sank 1888. Thus the earlier, smaller ship is confused with the later, larger ship in the 1888 collision. Palmeira (talk) 12:24, 4 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
