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USED Snagboat Seizer

Sternwheel Snagboat:

Built in 1881 at Stockton, CA.

Launched, in 1881

Delivered to the US Engineering Department, Sacramento District to serve as the first snagboat on in the Sacrmento-San Joaquin River Delta

Commissioned, USED Seizer in 1881

Seizer served on the Sacramento, Mokelumne, and San Joaquin Rivers removing debris and sunken obstacles hazardous to navigation

Overhauled in 1895, fitted with a coal-burning boiler.

Overhauled, circa 1919, to an oil fired boiler

Retired from Army service and dismantled in 1921 after completion of her replacement USED Snagboat Bear

Converted into a quarterboat, her steam engine was utilized in the snagboat USED Yuba built in 1925.

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 240 t.
Length 157'7"
Beam 35'
Draft 4'8"
Speed 6-7 kts
Complement 33

Propulsion

one wood-fueled steam boiler

one steam engine

sternwheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
303205401	109k	USED Snagboat Seizer tied up on the upper Sacramento River, date unknown Images of American - Port of Sacramento", West Sacramento Historical Society, Arcadia Publishers, San Francisco, CA.
303205402	173k	USED Snagboat Seizer removing trees from the Sacramento River in Yolo County, CA. *Seizer* had several Hawaiians working as divers in her crew. They would dive into the murky waters of the river and attach the chains and cables to the trees and snags to be removed from the water. Images of American - Port of Sacramento", West Sacramento Historical Society, Arcadia Publishers, San Francisco, CA.
303205403	189k	USED Snagboat Seizer tied up on the Sacramento River, date and location unknown. Images of American - Port of Sacramento", West Sacramento Historical Society, Arcadia Publishers, San Francisco, CA.
303205404	180k	USED Snagboat Seizer pulling snags from the Sacramento River, circa 1900. Sutter County Memorial Museum	California State University, Chico
303205405	199k	USED Snagboat Seizer on the Sacramento River, 1909. Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District (Calif.)	California State University, Chico

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