The SS Morro Castle was a passenger ship build in 1899 for the Ward Line Company.

The ship was powered by triple expansion steam engines that allow a top speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph).

After the completion of the Morro Castle, William Cramp & Sons delivered the ship to Ward Line in October 1900.

On May 16, 1904, the Morro Castle rammed the schooner Pleiades of the Fulton Fish Market off the coast of New Jersey, which sank as a result.

The passenger liner rescued Captain Henry Ness and the other 17 crew members of the schooner.