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YAMHILL · casualty

Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 156–157 · No. 930

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Report of Casualty, YAMHILL, page 156

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  • Item 9: Date added in faint typed text beside location.

Form header

Running number
930
Filed at
Collection District No. 28, Port of San Francisco Cal.
Received
  • REC'D MAR 29 1920 · 29 Mar 1920
Vessel name written at top
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Other numbers
—
Stamps on the form
PACIFICOTHER CAUSES

Vessel

2 · Name, rig, nationality
YAMHILL · Am.St.s., Am.
6 · Official number
217063
3 · Tonnage
4576 net.
4 · Age or year built
Built 1918.
5 · Port registered
San Francisco.
7 · Master and residence
F.J.HAMMA 4309 Webster St., Oakland
8 · Owner and residence
U.S.S.B. -S.F.Office 369 Pine St.

Casualty

1 · Date
Feb. 19, 1919. 8:00am.
24 · Locality
PIER 41,SAN FRANCISCO.
9–10 · Voyage
SAN FRANCISCO. (Feb. 19, 1919) → SAN JUAN, PORTO RICO.
27 · Weather
CLEAR AND CALM
11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
no passengers, 42 crew, no persons lost
14 · Value of vessel
1,282,000

25 · Nature of casualty, as written

DAMAGE TO STANCHIONS OF BOAT DECK

26 · Cause, as written

COLLIDED WITH DOLPHIN WHILE LEAVING DOCK

Signature

Signed by
W. H. Curtis · Port Captain.
Company or by
WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO.
Date signed
MARCH 17, 1920
Place
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.

1 · Date of casualty
Feb. 19, 1919. 8:00am.
2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
Am.St.s. YAMHILL, - (steel).
3 · Tonnage
4576 net.
4 · Age or year built
Built 1918.
5 · Port registered
San Francisco.
6 · Official number
217 063.
7 · Master and residence
F.J.HAMMA 4309 Webster St., Oakland
8 · Owner and residence
U.S.S.B. -S.F.Office 369 Pine St.
9 · Sailed from
SAN FRANCISCO. (Feb. 19, 1919)
10 · Bound for
SAN JUAN, PORTO RICO.
11 · Passengers
NONE
12 · Crew
42
13 · Persons lost
NONE
14 · Value of vessel
1,282,000
15 · Value of cargo
1,236,000
16 · Cargo
GENERAL
17 · Deck load
NO
18 · Overladen
NO
19 · Cargo weight
6180
20 · Loss or insurance (20)
Approx $500
21 · Loss or insurance (21)
NONE
22 · Loss or insurance (22)
INSURANCE DEPT. U.S.S.B.
23 · Loss or insurance (23)
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24 · Locality
PIER 41,SAN FRANCISCO.
25 · Nature of casualty
DAMAGE TO STANCHIONS OF BOAT DECK
26 · Cause
COLLIDED WITH DOLPHIN WHILE LEAVING DOCK
27 · Weather
CLEAR AND CALM
28 · Measures taken
UNAVOIDABLE
29 · Assistance
ALL ASSISTANCE POSSIBLE.
30 · Remarks
Vessel under charter to WILLIAMS, DIMOND & COMPANY. of San Francisco.