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Delta Queen (YFB-56)
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 Delta Queen (YHB-7) (1940 - 1944)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
  • Delta Queen, 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 in 1927
  • Acquired by the Navy November 1940
  • Placed in service as Yard House Boat Delta Queen (YHB-7) (date unknown)
  • Reclassified Ferryboat Delta Queen (YFB-56), 5 July 1944
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 28 August 1946
  • Current Disposition, operates as a passenger steamboat on the Mississippi River.
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 285'
    Beam 58'
    Draft 11' 5"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion cross-compound, condensing, reciprocating steam engine
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    Delta Queen 28k Delta Queen (YFB-56) underway in San Francisco Bay, circa 1944-46. .
    View the Delta Queen (YHB-7 / YFB-56)
    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
    Delta Queen Steamboat Co.
    Delta Queen National Historic Landmark Study
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