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YHB-25

House Boat

Built by New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, NJ (YN 117)

Built for the Southern Pacific RR Co., San Francisco, CA, as the steel-hulled sidewheel ferry Alameda (ON 211868)

Assembled and relaunched at Southern Pacific's West Oakland yard, late 1913

Placed in service, 23 February 1914

Placed out of service, 15 January 1939

Used as relief boat between San Francisco and Richmond shipyards, 1942-1944

Acquired by the US Navy, 08 July 1944

Used as berthing for naval vessels building or refitting at Moore Dry Dock, Oakland, CA

Declared surplus and placed out of service, 25 September 1946

Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA, 23 April 1947

Sold for scrapping to Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland, CA, as part of a lump sum purchase along with former Southern Pacific RR ferry boats Calistoga, Hayward, Tamalpais, and Santa Clara for $9,040, 29 July 1947

Final Disposition, delivered to purchaser for dismantling, 17 October 1947

Specifications:
Displacement 2302 tons
Length 273' 8"
Beam 42' 3"
Draft 15' 3"
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament none
Propulsion two 2-cylinder compound steam engine, 2500ihp (inactive)

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

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