Category:St. Johns (ship, 1878)

Ship[edit]

• Type: Sidewheel paddle steamer
• Built by: Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware
• Yard No: 169
• Keel laid:
• Launched:
• Completed: 1878.11
• Length over all: 250.0 ft
• Beam: 38.0 ft
• GT: 1098
• DWT:
• www.navsource.org
• www.history.navy.mil
• shipbuildinghistory.com

History[edit]

• 1878 Named St. Johns; Flag: United States
  • Official number: 115633
  • Signal letters: JTDQ
  • Port: New York City
  • Owner: Commercial Navigation Co.
• 1917.06 Renamed USS St. Johns (SP-3710); Flag: United States
  • Requisitioned by U.S. Navy as fleet tender
• 1919.06 Renamed St. Johns; Flag: United States
  • Returned to owner
  • Port: Washington, D.C.
• 1927 Renamed Bombay; Flag: United States
  • Port: New York City
• 1933 Renamed Tolchester; Flag: United States
  • Port: Baltimore
• 1941.05 Burned at pier in Baltimore; converted to barge
• 1969 Abandoned in South Norfolk, Virginia