Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Delta King (YFB-55)
ex
 Delta King (YHB-6) (1940 - 1944)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
  • Delta King, a riveted-steel, sternwheel-propelled, overnight passenger steamboat built between 1924 and 1927 at Isherwood Yard in Glasgow, Scotland
  • Assembled at Banner Island shipyard, Stockton, CA.
  • Completed 20 May 1927
  • Acquired by the Navy November 1940
  • Placed in service as Yard House Boat Delta King (YHB-6) (date unknown)
  • Reclassified Ferryboat Delta King (YFB-55), 5 July 1944
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 17 April 1946
  • Final Disposition, stationary hotel and restaurant at Sacramento, CA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 285'
    Beam 58'
    Draft 11' 5"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion cross-compound, condensing, reciprocating steam engine (removed)
    Click On Image
    For Full Size Image    		Size Image Description Contributed
    By
    Delta King 69k Delta King (YHB-6), at left, moored at the Supply Pier (Pier 1) Navy Yard Mare Island, 25 June 1941. Note the bath tub and shutters on the upper deck. Just visible to the right is Calistoga (YFB 21) under going conversion for Naval service.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1296-41    		 Darryl Baker
    LaVallette 87kDelta King (YHB-6) can be seen in the distance of this bow on view of USS LaVallette (DD 448) departing Mare Island, 23 July 1943. Other ships in photo from the far left are USS Thatcher (DD 514), and USS Caldwell (DD 605) (outboard of Thatcher). Darryl Baker
    PCER-878 62k Delta King (YHB-6) can be seen on the left in the background of this board side view of USS PCE-878 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 27 March 1944.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1973-44    		 Darryl Baker
    View the Delta King (YHB-6 / YFB-55)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Riverboat Delta King
    Steamboats.org - Delta King
    Back To The Navsource Photo Archives Main Page Back To The Service Craft Index Back To The House Boat (YHB) Photo Index Back To The Ferry Boat (YFB) Photo Index
    Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster.
    This page is created and maintained by Gary P. Priolo
    © 2005 Gary P. Priolo © 1996 - 2008 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.
    Last Updated 25 August 2006