The steamship AMERICA was built for Norddeutscher Lloyd by Caird & Co, Greenock (yard #96), and was launched in November 1862. 2,752 tons; 318 x 40 feet (length x breadth); clipper bow, 1 funnel, 3 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion, inverted engines, service speed 11 knots; accommodation for 76 passengers in 1st class, 107 in 2nd class, and 480 in steerage; crew of 84 to 102.

25 May 1863, maiden voyage, Bremen-Southampton-New York, with 216 passengers and 300 tons of freight. 1864, briefly under the Russian flag during the Prussian war with Denmark. 1872, engines compounded by Day, Summers & Co, Southampton. 1882, engines rebuilt in Bremerhaven. 27 January 1894, last voyage, Bremen-New York-Baltimore. 29 June 1894, sold to F. Fratelli & Co, La Spezia, and renamed ORAZIO; re-sold to S. Repetto, Genoa. 9 September 1894, sold to La Spezia for scrapping. 1895, scrapped at La Spezia.