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YHB-20

House Boat (Self-propelled)
  • Built in 1903 as the wooded-hulled sidewheel steamer Cazadero by J.W. Dickie, Alameda, CA., for Northwestern Pacific RR Co., San Francisco, CA.
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 2 February 1943
  • Declared surplus and placed out of service, 28 May 1945
  • Final Disposition, 21 January 1945, abandoned by the Maritime Commission to the US Navy, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1682 t.
    Length 228' 5"
    Beam 38'
    Draft 17'
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion 1-cylinder vertical-beam steam engine, 1600hp
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