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YH-3
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Ambulance Boat No. 3 (1919 - 1920)
District Harbor Tug:
Built by Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA
Laid down as Motor Tug #101, date unknown
Launched, 19 February 1920
Converted to a Yard Ambulance Boat before completion
Placed in service at Mare Island as Ambulance Boat No. 3, date unknown
Designated YH-3, 17 July 1920
Initially assigned to Third Naval District, then Fifth Naval District
Placed out of service, date unknown
Struck from the Naval Register, 08 March 1935
Sold, 10 July 1935
Registered to C.N. Fisher, Norfolk, VA, as tug Fisher No. 9 (ON 236477), 1936
Sold to Edward W.N. Ericksen, New York, NY, renamed Jana, 1946
Sold to United Dredging Corp., New York, NY, renamed Alice Murray, 1950
Final disposition, foundered at dock, Yonkers, NY, 30 January 1952
Specifications:
Displacement 54 tons
Length 65' 0"
Beam 16' 2"
Draft 6' 2"
Speed 11.5 knots
Complement unknown
Armament none
Capacity 24 stretcher and 12 ambulatory patients
Propulsion
one Union 4 cylinder, 4 cycle gasoline engine, 150shp
single 12" X 15" propeller
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