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YHB-13

House Boat (Self-propelled)

Built by Mathis Yacht, Camden, NJ (YN 190)

Completed as yacht Day Dream (ON 227642) for William H. Reynolds, New York City, NY, 1927

Sold to Howard Gould, New York City, NY, renamed Niagara, 1940

Acquired by US Navy, 05 September 1942

Placed in service, date and location unknown

Allocated to Seventh Naval District at Port Everglades, FL, 1942 - 1945

Operated in Cuba and northern Caribbean, supporting patrol plane and MTB operations

Placed out of service and laid up at Merrill Stevens yard, Miami, FL, 20 September 1945

Struck from the Naval Register, 24 October 1945

To WSA (War Shipping Administration) for disposal, June 1946

Registered postwar to Baker Foundation, Inc. (not US-flagged)

Registered to Cia Industrial Univ. de Mexico by 1954

Returned to US registry, owned by R.P. Haupt, Uniontown, OH, 1959

Final Disposition, fate unclear, believe ended up a hulk at Stiltsville, FL in 1960s

Specifications:
Displacement 296 gross tons, 257 net tons
Length 113' 4"
Beam 22' 0"
Draft 7' 2"
Speed unknown
Capacity unknown
Complement unknown
Armament unknown
Propulsion diesel, 400hp

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Commanding Officers
01	LT Alfred C. Schmidt D-V(S), USNR	(June 1943)
02	LT(jg) / LT Ernest William Shuntill D-V(S), USNR	(September 1943 - September 1944)
03	LT(jg) Ronald Y. Stillman D-V(S), USNR	(October 1944)
04	ENS Karl Virgil Bledsoe (D)L, USNR	(November 1944 - 20 September 1945)

There is no DANFS history for YHB-13 available at NavSource

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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