YUMA (1892, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
YUMA
Also known as:
BLUE HILL;GABREA;PRESIDENT ESTRADA;BLUE HILL;TRADER;COHASSET
Year of Build:
1892
Official Number:
27655
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Note: Straight back.
Hull Materials:
Steel
Builder Name:
Cleveland Ship Building Co.
Original Owner and Location:
Wilson Transit Co., Cleveland
Power
Engine Type:
Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:
3
# Boilers:
2
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
One 20, 33 + 54 x 42", 1,000hp @ 74rpm engine by Cleveland Ship Building Co. 12'3" x 12'5" @ 160# steam, scotch boilers by Cleveland Ship Building Co.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
322.8'
Beam:
42.2'
Depth:
18.9'
Tonnage (gross):
2,194
Tonnage (net):
2,577
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Chesapeake Bay.
Atlantic Ocean.
Date:
17 Nov 1948
How:
Sunk.
Notes:
Collided with tug FERN.
History
Chronology:

1892 Broke records for cargos of grain & ore.

1900, Sep 21 Collided with & sank schooner JOHN MARTIN in St. Clair River; found at fault.

1908, Mar 7 Took out part of Cherry Street Bridge, Toledo, OH when torn from moorings by rush of ice in Maumee River.

1919 Home port New York, NY; renamed BLUE HILL.

1920 Sold Guatemalan; renamed PRESIDENT ESTRADA, then GABREA.

1923 Home port New Orleans, LA; renamed BLUE HILL.

1925 Owned E. McKerman, New York; remaned TRADER.

1929 Owned Cohasset Steam Ship Co., New York; renamed COHASSET.

1948, Nov 17 Sunk Chesapeake Bay.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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