USS Asher J. Hudson

USS Asher J. Hudson
History
United States
NameUSS Asher J. Hudson
BuilderDialogue & Company, Camden, New Jersey
Completed1891
Commissioned1 August 1918
Decommissioned30 March 1921
Stricken5 August 1921
FateSold, 5 August 1921
General characteristics
TypePatrol boat
Displacement136 long tons (138 t)
Length92 ft (28 m)
Beam21 ft (6.4 m)
Draft10 ft 3 in (3.12 m)
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement17
Armament

USS Asher J. Hudson (SP-3104), later renamed Yuma, was completed in 1891 at Camden, New Jersey, by John H. Dialogue and Sons, inspected in the 8th Naval District on 1 July 1918 and, on the 24th, was ordered taken over by the Navy. Accordingly, acquired from the Alabama Coal Transport Co. of New Orleans, Louisiana, Asher J. Hudson, classified as SP-3104, was commissioned at the Naval Station, New Orleans, on 1 August 1918, Ensign Alva Carlton, USNRF, in command.