USS Yuma

USS Yuma

USS "Yuma" has been the name of four ships of the United States Navy. The name is taken after the Yuma tribe of Arizona.

* The first USS "Yuma" (1865) was a river monitor launched in May 1865, but never commissioned, and sold in 1874.

* The second USS "Yuma" (YT-37) was a tug originally named USS "Asher J. Hudson" (SP-3104) and later renamed "Yuma". She was sold 1921.

* The third USS "Yuma" (AT-94) was a Navajo-class fleet tug commissioned in 1943 and transferred to Pakistan in 1959.

* The fourth USS "Yuma" (YTM-748) was a medium harbor tug the Navy acquired in 1964 from the US Army, where she had served with the designation "LT-2078" since 1954. She was placed out of service in 1976 and sold for scrapping in 1987.


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