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YFB-62

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Yard Ferryboat:

Built by Moore & Scott Iron Works, Oakland, CA (YN 106)

Completed for Western Pacific Railroad Co., San Francisco, CA, as ferryboat Edward T. Jeffery (ON 211506), August 1913

Renamed Feather River, 1931

Sold to Southern Pacific Railroad Co., San Francisco, CA, renamed Sierra Nevada, 1934

To WSA (War Shipping Administration) at Oakland, CA, 19 August 1942

Redelivered to Maritime Commission at Sausalito, CA, 30 April 1945

Acquired by Navy from Maritime Commission at Sausalito, CA, 26 May 1945

Assigned to Twelfth Naval District, carrying shipyard workers between San Francisco and the Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond, 1945

Placed out of service, 1945

Loaned to War Department, September 1945

Struck from Naval Register, 05 October 1945

Returned to former owner, 1945

Sold to Richmond & San Rafael Ferry & Transportation Co., San Francisco, CA, 1948

Replaced by Richmond-San Rafael Bridge and sold to Moore Drydock Co., Oakland, CA, 1957

Hulked as a floating gift shop arcade at Ports-O-Call Village, San Pedro, CA, circa 1967

Discarded and purchased by Al Kidmann, Los Angeles, CA, 1977

Blew ashore on Terminal Island, CA, total loss, 09 February 1978

Final Disposition, wreckage removed, 1981

Specifications:
Displacement 922 gross tons / 206 net tons
Length 218' 0"
Beam 42' 0"
Draft 16' 6"
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament none
Propulsion reciprocating, 2-cylinder steam, 250i0hp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
1435006203	84k	*Sierra Nevada* in service postwar. Unknown source via Bill Rau.	George Schneider
1435006201	627k	*Sierra Nevada* at Los Angeles, 02 June 1974. Photo copyright George Schneider.	George Schneider
1435006202	110k	The hulk of *Sierra Nevada* grounded at Terminal Island, CA, after blowing ashore a week earlier, 18 February 1978. Photo copyright George Schneider.	George Schneider

There is no DANFS history record for YFB-62 available at Navsource

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

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