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YHB-20

House Boat (Self-propelled)
  • Built by John W. Dickie & Son, Alameda, CA
  • Completed for Northwestern Pacific RR Co., San Francisco, CA, as the wooden-hulled sidewheel ferry Cazadero (ON 127756), 1903
  • Laid up with end of ferry service, 1941
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 02 February 1943
  • Machinery and superstructure removed with intention of converting her to a YCV (aircraft transportation barge) for use in ferrying aircraft from NAS Alameda to carriers at sea
  • Conversion never completed - probably never actually served as a YHB
  • Title abandoned by the Maritime Commission to the US Navy, 21 January 1945
  • Declared surplus and placed out of service, 28 May 1945
  • Abandoned on mud bank at Hunter's Point, 1945 - 1948
  • FInal disposition, blown up by Navy salvage crews in tests and remains scrapped, January 1949
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1682 gross tons, 991 net tons
    Length 228' 5"
    Beam 38'
    Draft 17'
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion 1-cylinder vertical-beam steam engine, 1600hp (removed)
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    YHB-20 21k Cazadero underway in San Francisco Bay, date unknown. Dave Wright
    There is no DANFS history for YHB-20 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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