This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kVJ.2ACIB/1.39.46.1 Message Board Post: No the ship you mention is a different ship. The ship that opened the Panama Canal was a steamship owned by Panama Rail Road Steamship Line which was based in New York City at least up until 1925. I was surprised to find another ship by the same name when I was doing some surfing on the internet a few years ago.