Yuba (snagboat)

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NameYuba
Namesake Yuba River
OwnerU.S. Engineers Department of the Army
Builder A. W. de Young Boat & Shipbuilding Company, Alameda, California
Laid down19 November 1924
Launched27 February 1925
Sponsored byCatherine Woolsey Dorst [1]
CompletedMarch 1925
CommissionedApril 1925
Fateunknown
General characteristics
Type snagboat
Tonnage410  GRT [2]
Length166 ft (51 m) o/a [2]
Beam37 ft 8 in (11.48 m) [2]
Draught5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) [2]
Installed power200 IHP [1]
Propulsionsteam, oil-fueled
Complement30 (26 enlisted and 4 officers)

Yuba was a wooden-hulled, stern-wheel steamship that served as a snagboat for the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

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History

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 "De Young's Yards Will Smooth Ways of Navigation". Oakland Tribune . 8 February 1925.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Merchant Vessels of The United States (including yachts and Government Vessels). United States Department of Commerce. 1934. p. 1115.
  3. ↑ "Sacramento River: Snag-Boat: "Seizer"". History & Happenings. 12 December 2012. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Sacramento River: Snag-Boat: "Bear"". History & Happenings. 7 May 2020. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Progress of Construction - A. W. de Young Boat & Shipbuilding Company". Pacific Marine Review: The National Magazine of Shipping, Volume 21. 1924. p. 654.
  6. ↑ Pacific Marine Review, volume 21, 1924, p. 538
  7. ↑ Pacific Marine Review, volume 21, 1924, p. 538
  8. ↑ "Progress of Construction - A. W. de Young Boat & Shipbuilding Company". Pacific Marine Review: The National Magazine of Shipping, Volume 22. 1925. p. 152.
  9. ↑ Grunder, Sarah Lucinda (2010). "The spectacle of citizenship: Halftones, print media, and constructing Americanness, 1880--1940 p. 322" (PDF). College of William & Mary ScholarWorks.
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