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YHB-2

House Boat (Self-propelled)
  • Built in 1910 as the paddle wheel steamer Capital City for the California Transportation Co., at San Francisco, CA.
  • Renamed Port of Stockton, date unknown
  • Acquired by the Navy for service during World War II at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Placed in service as YHB-2. date unknown
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1142 t.
    Length 220'
    Beam 42' 6"
    Draft 9' 3"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion 2-cycle steam engine, stern wheel, 1442ihp
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    Pocomoke 124k YHB-2 is in the far background of this view of USS Pocomoke (AV-9) at Navy Yard Mare Island, 17 January 1945. The yard dredge Endicott (YM-12) is aft of Pocomoke while a self-propelled covered lighter (possibly one of the 220 footers which were numbered YF-1054 to YF-1078) is at the opposite side of the next pier.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 443-45.    		 Darryl Baker
    YF-983 152k Port of Stockton (YHB-2) is outboard of Tamalpais (YHB 21) in the background of this photo of YF-983 and YF 984 under construction at Navy Yard Mare Island, 3 January 1946. Both houseboats are out of service.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 23-46.    		 Darryl Baker
    YF-983 152k Port of Stockton (YHB-2) is outboard of Tamalpais (YHB 21) in the background of this photo of YF-984 and YF 983 under construction at Navy Yard Mare Island, 3 January 1946. Both houseboats are out of service.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 24-46.    		 Darryl Baker
    There is no DANFS history for YHB-2 available at NavSource
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