Red D Line had operated a line of sailing vessels to Venezuela since 1839, which continued for almost 40 years. She displaced around 1,589 tons and began her maiden voyage in June of 1881. She was renamed
Yaquina Bay. She was intended to serve between
Yaquina City,
Newport and
San Francisco, California, where
Yaquina Bay was to replace the earlier
Yaquina City, which had run aground a year earlier. The Oregon Pacific Railroad also operated a railroad line between Yaquina City through
Corvallis. By having a combination of steamship and rail service through Yaquina City and Corvallis rather than the usual route through
Portland, over could be cut from the journey between California and Chicago. With
Yaquina Bay restarting the company's steamship service, travel time from California to Chicago could once again be shortened. Unfortunately,
Yaquina Bay was to never see this ambitious service. While being delivered on December 9, 1888,
Yaquina Bay broke free from the steamer which was towing her and ran aground at the
bay of her namesake near the remains of
Yaquina City and was declared a total loss. Having lost a considerable amount of money from the wreck, Hogg stopped his ambitious project and left Oregon a broken man. Local residents believed that the Portland-based companies purposely sabotaged both of Hogg's vessels, so as to prevent him from taking away potential customers from their business. She became a coastal liner on the west coast of the United States, serving from
San Francisco, California to
Alaska via
Seattle, Washington. In January 1906,
Valencia suffered a similar fate to the
Caracas when she ran aground off
Vancouver Island. She was ripped apart and sunk by the pounding surf, killing 116 people. ==References==