USS Yuma
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USS Yuma has been the name of four ships of the United States Navy
. The name is taken after the Yuma
tribe of Arizona
.
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
. The name is taken after the Yuma
Quechan
The Quechan are a Native American tribe who live on the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation on the lower Colorado River in Arizona and California just north of the border with Mexico...
tribe of Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
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- The first USS Yuma (1865)USS Yuma (1865)USS Yuma, a single-turreted, twin-screw monitor, was laid down at Cincinnati, OH, by Alexander Swift and Co. and launched on 30 May 1865. A Casco-class, light-draft monitor, she was intended for service in the shallow bays, rivers, and inlets of the Confederacy...
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)USS Yuma (AT-94)USS Yuma was a constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second U.S. Navy ship named for the Yuma tribe of Arizona....
was a Navajo-class fleet tug commissioned in 1943 and transferred to PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
in 1959.
- The fourth USS Yuma (YTM-748)USS Yuma (YTM-748)The third USS Yuma was a medium harbor tug that served in the United States Navy from 1964 to 1976.Yuma was built at San Diego, California, by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company , for the United States Army, which took delivery of her in 1954, and designated her "large tug" LT-2078. The U.S....
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.