Yuba (snagboat)

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

United States Army Corps of EngineersUnited States
NameYuba
NamesakeYuba River
OwnerU.S. Engineers Department of the Army
BuilderA. 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
Typesnagboat
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)

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. "De Young's Yards Will Smooth Ways of Navigation". Oakland Tribune. 8 February 1925.
  2. 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.
  4. "Sacramento River: Snag-Boat: "Bear"". History & Happenings. 7 May 2020.
  5. "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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