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Leslie (YFB-7)

Built in 1902 as the wooden-hull fireboat Leslie at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA.

Launched, 1 December 1902

Built at a cost of $39,343.49

Placed in service as Leslie, 9 May 1903, at Navy Yard Mare Island

Designated Yard Ferryboat (YFB-7), 17 July 1920

Placed out of service in 1930

Struck from the Naval Register in 1930

Sold, 30 October 1930 to a Pittsburgh, CA. shipyard for conversion to commercial service, renamed Del Draco

Purchased by Basalt Rock Co., Napa, CA. in 1938, rebuilt and renamed Basalt No. 1

Reacquired by the Navy at the beginning of WWII assigned duties as a gate tender at the Golden Gate Bridge

Disposed of by the Navy (date unknown)

Sold to Alf Jorgenson of Vancouver, B.C. (date unknown) for $5,000

An additional $25,000 was invested in rebuilding her before relaunching, 3 April 1947, as Ocean Comet, later renamed Mt. Comet

Final Disposition, sunk in September 1987 after becoming loose from her moorings at Vancouver

Specifications - Ships Data 1914:
Displacement unknown
Length 75'
Beam 18'
Draft 2' 7"
Speed 9.37 kts.
Complement unknown
Armament none
Propulsion steam replaced by diesel in 1930

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
Leslie (YFB-7)
	96k	*Leslie* underway off Navy Yard Mare Island in August 1903 shortly after being placed in service as a fire and pumping boat . Navy Yard Mare Island photo.	Darryl Baker
	74k	*Leslie* underway off Navy Yard Mare Island, 2 September 1903 as a yard fire tug. Navy Yard Mare Island photo 208-Dept. P.W: U.Navy Yard M.I. Cal. Fire Tug.	Darryl Baker
	94k	*Leslie* is underway in the lower right corner of the photo of the new oiler Cuyama (Oiler #3) returning to Navy Yard Mare Island, 21 March 1917 after sea trials. Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 3086-3-17, 3/21/17.	Darryl Baker
	111k	Leslie (YFB-7) at the Mare Island ferry float in 1921. California (BB-44) is the battleship in the background at her outfitting berth. *YD-33* is alongside *California* and several of the yard 65 foot *YMT* motor tugs are to the right. Navy Yard Mare Island photo.	Darryl Baker
Commercial Service
	118k	ex-*Leslie* underway in 1962 at Vancouver, B.C. as the commercial tug *Mt. Comet*. Photo donated to Mare Island Naval Shipyard by last owner.	Darryl Baker
	75k	ex-*Leslie* at Vancouver, B.C. in 1983 as a boathouse. Photo donated to Mare Island Naval Shipyard by last owner.	Darryl Baker

View the Leslie (YFB-7)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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