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Log Books of the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey, 19th and 20th Centuries USC&GSS Yukon (II) General description, specifications and time line |
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USC&GSS Yukon (II) in Alaskan waters, 1898 (NOAA Photo, click images to enlarge) |
Characteristics: Steamer, built by Gas Engine & Power Co, and Charles L Seabury, Co, Morris Heights, New York 1898, cost $10,926.40, 75ft long x 16ft beam x 5ft draft, shipped by rail in knockdown condition to Seattle, and then on to St. Michael, Alaska, reassembled there, launched 20 August 1898.
Log Period and Areas of Service: 1899-1923, Alaskan waters
Summary of Service - Only served in Alaskan waters.
26 August 1898 - Just six days after launch, arrived at Kwikluak in the Yukon River delta, Bering Sea coast of Alaska, to carry out a brief survey.
13 September 1898 - Arrived back at St Michael, and together with the Taku, two steam launches and other vessels put in winter storage, the survey parties returning to Seattle.
1912 - Following the eruption of Mount Katmai, assisted the people of Kodiak, Alaska.
November 1916 - Crew member F A Paul believed lost by drowning at Kings Cove, Alaska
Fate: 1923 - Sold out of service.
Link: NOAA History site, Wikipedia
Under sail and steam |
Ready for launching in spring after being secured for the winter. Location Alaska, possibly 1911 |
Aground on tidal flats, Kasilof River, near Anchorage, Alaska 1911 |
Alongside the Moravian Mission Wharf, Bethel, Alaska, 1915 |
Covered up for the winter, King Cove, Afognak Island, 1920 |
Also King Cove, Afognak Island, ready for launching after winter lay-up, 1920 |
A general note on the sources.