Johanna Smith (ship)
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | W.A. Magee at Kruse & Banks, North Bend, Oregon |
| Launched: | 1917 |
| Fate: | Sunk after fire in 1932 |
| Status: | "Engined 1919. Hulked 1928"[1] |
| Notes: | Known as 14 Minute Wreck. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Lumber schooner (steam) |
| Tonnage: | 1921 tons |
| Length: | 257 ft. |
| Beam: | 50 ft. |
The Johanna Smith was a wooden-hulled schooner that transported lumber along the West Coast. She was built near North Bend, Oregon in 1917. She was sold to the Coos Bay Lumber company in 1918 and transported lumber until 1928.
"Built during First World War, shortages prohibited the installation of an engine in the Johanna Smith ... she was used as a barge until 1921, when she became one of only two Pacific Coast steam schooners to be powered by steam turbines."[2]
In 1928, she was converted into a gambling ship, and was moored off Long Beach, California.
She burned on July 22, 1932. The cause of the fire was never determined.
External links
References
- ↑ "Kruse & Banks Shipbuilding". ShipbuildingHistory.com. http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/5small/inactive/kruse.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
- ↑ Information on the wreck "Johanna Smith". California Wreck Divers. http://www.cawreckdivers.org/Wrecks/JohannaSmith.htm Information on the wreck. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
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