Yuba was a stern-wheeled, shallow draft steamship ordered by the United States Army Corps of Engineers) to serve as a snagboat on the Sacramento River. Her namesake was the Yuba River, a tributary of the Feather River which was the principal tributary of the Sacramento River. The first snagboat on the Sacramento River, Seizer (240 GRT, 1881), had retired in 1921[1] and its replacement, Bear (242 GT, 1921),[2] was in need of support. Yuba was laid down on 19 November 1924[3] at the Alameda, California shipyard of A. W. de Young Boat & Shipbuilding Company[4] who won the contract with a bid price of $78,346.[5] The ship was designed by Captain Thomas B. Foster.[6] The engine from the retired snagboat Seizer was utilized.[7] She was launched on 27 February 1925,[8] completed in March 1925,[3] and commissioned in April 1925.[6] She carried a complement of 4 officers and 26 enlisted men.[4] She worked primarily on the San Joaquin River, the Mokelumne River, and the Sacramento River.[9] Her ultimate fate is unknown.
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. 1924.The National Magazine of Shipping, Volume 22
. 1925.