Vessel survived casualty

Umatilla - American steamship, 3,069 tons, struck unidentified reef off Washington Coast, which later took the name of the ship (Umatilla Reef). The mishap occurred on February 8, 1884. The vessel refloated herself though badly damaged. Gibbs

The old iron steamship Umatilla, one of the best -known of the Pacific coastwise fleet and the survivor of many a stranding during her years of arduous service, finally became an apparent total loss while engaged in the offshore service of the recently formed Admiral Oriental Line. The Umatilla stranded off the coast of Japan on March 5. All of the 55 persons aboard were removed safely, but the veteran steamship, built in 1881, was considered to be a hopeless wreck and was abandoned. In subsequent months a sandbar gradually built up between the wreck and the shore and the Japanese took advantage of this development to dismantle the Umatilla plate by plate. They later reassembled the vessel from plans obtained from the original builders, and this remarkable and virtually indestructible craft was subsequently operated for many years as a Japanese steamship. Newell