SS California may refer to:
SS California (1848), a United States paddle wheel mail steamer built in 1848 for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company which was wrecked near Pacasmayo, Peru in 1895
SS California (1872), a UK passenger and cargo ship built 1872 for the Anchor Line and scrapped in 1904
SS California (1890), sailing ship built by Harland and Wolff in 1890 for North Western Shipping
SS California (1902), a UK passenger ship built in 1902 for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company and torpedoed on 17 October 1917
SS California (1907), a UK passenger ship built in 1907 and torpedoed on 7 February 1917
SS West Hixton, a US cargo ship built in 1920 and later renamed California
SS Albania (1920), an ocean liner built in Scotland in 1920 and later renamed California by her Italian owners
SS Helen Vinmont, a US oil tanker built in 1921, renamed SS Agwismith and then renamed SS California
SS California (1923), a UK ocean liner built in 1923 and sunk by German air attack in 1943
SS California (1928), a US ocean liner built in 1928 for the Panama Pacific Line; renamed Uruguay in 1938 and scrapped in 1964