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Photo # NH 95890:  USS Asher J. Hudson, circa 1918

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USS Asher J. Hudson (SP-3104, later YT-37), 1918-1921.
Renamed Yuma in 1920

USS Asher J. Hudson, a 136-ton iron steam tug and minesweeper, was originally a civilian harbor tug of the same name. Built at Camden, New Jersey in 1891, she was taken over by the Navy in July 1918 at New Orleans, Louisiana, and placed in commission the following month as a minesweeper. During the remaining months of World War I, she conducted regular sweeps for possible German mines at the the Mississippi River's mouth. In December 1918, Asher J. Hudson was reassigned to district tug service. She was classified as YT-37 in July 1920 and renamed Yuma in November of that year. The tug sank at New Orleans Naval Station in October 1920. Though raised, Yuma was decommissioned in March 1921 and sold the following August. She then returned to civilian tug employment, under her original name, and operated in Louisana and Texas waters until about 1963.

This page features our only view of USS Asher J. Hudson, later renamed Yuma.


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Photo #: NH 95890

USS Asher J. Hudson (SP-3104)


Probably photographed at New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1918. She later was renamed Yuma (YT-37).
Note carved eagle on her foremast, just forward of the pilothouse. Such eagles were common decorations on contemporary tugs.

The original photograph is in Record Group 19-LCM in the National Archives.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Page made 21 March 2001
Minor corrections made 17 April 2003