Summary
Yuba was a wooden-hulled, stern-wheel steamship that served as a snagboat for the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
  United States | |
|---|---|
| Name | Yuba |
| Namesake | Yuba River |
| Owner | U.S. Engineers Department of the Army |
| Builder | A. W. de Young Boat & Shipbuilding Company, Alameda, California |
| Laid down | 19 November 1924 |
| Launched | 27 February 1925 |
| Sponsored by | Catherine Woolsey Dorst[1] |
| Completed | March 1925 |
| Commissioned | April 1925 |
| Fate | unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | snagboat |
| Tonnage | 410 GRT[2] |
| Length | 166 ft (51 m) o/a[2] |
| Beam | 37 ft 8 in (11.48 m)[2] |
| Draught | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2] |
| Installed power | 200 IHP[1] |
| Propulsion | steam, oil-fueled |
| Complement | 30 (26 enlisted and 4 officers) |
History edit
Yuba was a stern-wheeled, shallow draft steamship ordered by the United States Army Corps of Engineers) to serve as a snagboat on the Sacramento River. Her namesake was the Yuba River, a tributary of the Feather River which was the principal tributary of the Sacramento River. The first snagboat on the Sacramento River, Seizer (240 GRT, 1881), had retired in 1921[3] and its replacement, Bear (242 GT, 1921),[4] was in need of support. Yuba was laid down on 19 November 1924[5] at the Alameda, California shipyard of A. W. de Young Boat & Shipbuilding Company[2] who won the contract with a bid price of $78,346.[6] The ship was designed by Captain Thomas B. Foster.[1] The engine from the retired snagboat Seizer was utilized.[7] She was launched on 27 February 1925,[8] completed in March 1925,[5] and commissioned in April 1925.[1] She carried a complement of 4 officers and 26 enlisted men.[2] She worked primarily on the San Joaquin River, the Mokelumne River, and the Sacramento River.[9] Her ultimate fate is unknown.
References edit
- ^ a b c d "De Young's Yards Will Smooth Ways of Navigation". Oakland Tribune. 8 February 1925.
- ^ a b c d e f Merchant Vessels of The United States (including yachts and Government Vessels). United States Department of Commerce. 1934. p. 1115.
- ^ "Sacramento River: Snag-Boat: "Seizer"". History & Happenings. 12 December 2012.
- ^ "Sacramento River: Snag-Boat: "Bear"". History & Happenings. 7 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Progress of Construction - A. W. de Young Boat & Shipbuilding Company". Pacific Marine Review: The National Magazine of Shipping, Volume 21. 1924. p. 654.
- ^ Pacific Marine Review, volume 21, 1924, p. 538
- ^ Pacific Marine Review, volume 21, 1924, p. 538
- ^ "Progress of Construction - A. W. de Young Boat & Shipbuilding Company". Pacific Marine Review: The National Magazine of Shipping, Volume 22. 1925. p. 152.
- ^ Grunder, Sarah Lucinda (2010). "The spectacle of citizenship: Halftones, print media, and constructing Americanness, 1880--1940 p. 322" (PDF). College of William & Mary ScholarWorks.
External links edit
- McCurry Foto Co. "Two port-side views of the stern wheeler, snag boat "Yuba" on the Sacramento River. "US Engineers Department" lettered on the bow". ExLibris via the Center for Sacramento History.