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YHB-24

Steel-hulled House Boat

Built by Maryland Steel, Sparrows Point, MD (YN 6)

Launched, 01 October 1892

Completed for Baltimore Steam Packet Co. ("Old Bay Line") as Alabama (ON 106995), August 1893

Sold to Edmonds-Victoria Ferry Co., Seattle, WA and converted to car ferry, renamed City of Victoria, 1928

Sold to Independent Ferry Co., Seattle, WA, 1931

Laid up out of service, circa 1932

Sold to Bank of California to satisfy claims, 1939

Resold to Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co., converted by Lake Union Drydock and Machine Works to a floating barracks for construction workers at NAB Sitka, fall 1939

Acquired by the US Navy in 1943 and placed in service for use in Alaska

Placed out of service, date unknown

To WSA (War Shipping Administration) for disposal, November 1947

Sold to Victoria Salvage Co., Everett, WA, for scrapping - dismantled hull burned on the beach at Edmonds, WA, 1948

Specifications:
Displacement 1938 tons
Length 293' 8"
Beam 54'
Draft 16'
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament none
Propulsion 4-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, 2800ihp (out of service)

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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Elegant Failure: the S.S. City of Victoria

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