USS Yuma

Last updated October 02, 2021

USS Yuma has been the name of five ships of the United States Navy. The name is taken after the Yuma tribe of Arizona.

USS Yuma (1865) was a river monitor launched in May 1865, but never commissioned, and sold in 1874
USS Yuma (YT-37) was a tug originally named USS Asher J. Hudson and later renamed Yuma; she was sold in 1921
USS Yuma (AT-94) was a Navajo-class fleet tug commissioned in 1943 and transferred to Pakistan in 1959
Yuma (YTM-748) was a Chicopee-class medium harbor tug the Navy acquired in 1964 from the US Army, where she had served with the designation LT-2078 since 1954; she was placed out of service in 1976 and sold into commercial service in 1987
USNS Yuma (T-EPF-8) is a Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .

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