Name
|
Type
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Year built
|
Where built
|
Builders
|
Launched
|
Owners
|
Tons
|
Length
|
Beam
|
Draft
|
Engines - cargo tonnage
|
Disposition
|
Cochan
|
stern
|
1899
|
Yuma
|
unknown
|
Yuma, 1899
|
Colorado Steam Navigation Company
|
234
|
135'
|
31'
|
22" loaded, 11" light
|
Taken from the Gila - 125 tons.
|
Dismantled Spring, 1910
|
Cocopah I
|
stern
|
1859
|
San Francisco
|
unknown
|
Gridiron, Sonora, Aug. 1859
|
George A. Johnson & Company
|
unknown
|
140'
|
29'
|
14.5"[1]
|
unknown - 60 tons, tow 100 ton barge
|
Dismantled 1867, housing in Port Isabel
|
Cocopah II
|
stern
|
1867
|
Arizona City
|
unknown
|
Arizona City, May 1867
|
George A. Johnson & Company, Colorado Steam Navigation Company
|
231
|
147.5'
|
28'
|
unknown
|
unknown - unknown
|
Dismantled 1881
|
Colorado I
|
stern
|
1855
|
San Francisco
|
John G. North[2]
|
Estuary, Dec. 1855
|
George A. Johnson & Company
|
unknown
|
120'
|
unknown
|
unknown
|
80 hp - 70 tons
|
Dismantled April, 1862
|
Colorado II
|
stern
|
1862
|
Arizona City
|
John G. North [3]
|
Arizona City, 1862
|
George A. Johnson & Company, Colorado Steam Navigation Company
|
179
|
145'
|
29'
|
16"[1]
|
80 hp from Colorado I - 70 tons
|
Dismantled 1882
|
Esmerelda
|
stern
|
1862
|
San Francisco
|
Patrick Henry Tiernan[4]: 149 [5]
|
San Francisco, engaged in the upper San Joaquin River trade, sent to Colorado River arriving March, 1864
|
Union Line, Pacific & Colorado Steam Navigation Co., Arizona Navigation Co., George A. Johnson & Company
|
unknown
|
93'
|
20'
|
33"
|
unknown - 50 tons, tow 100 ton barge
|
Dismantled 1868
|
Explorer
|
stern (iron hull)
|
1857
|
Philadelphia
|
Reaney, Neafie & Company[6]: 21
|
Robinson's Landing, Baja California, 1857
|
U. S. ArmyCorps of Topographical Engineers, George A. Johnson & Company
|
unknown
|
54'
|
13'
|
3'
|
unknown - unknown
|
Engine removed 1858, used as a barge until lost 1864.
|
General Jesup
|
side
|
1853
|
unknown
|
unknown
|
Estuary, 1854
|
George A. Johnson & Company
|
unknown
|
104'
|
17'
|
30"
|
50 hp - 50 tons
|
Dismantled, 1859.
|
General Rosales
|
propeller-driven
|
1878
|
unknown
|
unknown
|
Yuma, Arizona July 1878
|
Gulf of California Steamship Company
|
54
|
96'
|
16'
|
4'
|
unknown - unknown
|
Sent to Guaymas, Sonora, Sept. 1878
|
Gila
|
stern
|
1873
|
San Francisco
|
Patrick Henry Tiernan [4]: 150
|
Port Isabel, Sonora, 1873
|
Colorado Steam Navigation Company
|
236
|
149'
|
31'
|
16.5" (3.8' deep hull)
|
unknown - 125 tons
|
Rebuilt as Cochan, 1899
|
Mohave I
|
stern
|
1864
|
San Francisco
|
John G. North [3]
|
Estuary, May 1864
|
George A. Johnson & Company, Colorado Steam Navigation Company
|
193
|
135'
|
28'
|
4'
|
unknown - up to 225 tons, or tow 2 barges, with 100 tons of cargo[7]
|
Dismantled 1875, machinery used to equip Onward in 1877
|
Mohave II
|
stern
|
1876
|
San Francisco
|
Patrick Henry Tiernan [4]: 150
|
Port Isabel, Sonora, May 1876
|
Colorado Steam Navigation Company
|
188
|
149.5'
|
31.5'
|
12"
|
unknown - unknown
|
Dismantled Jan. 1900
|
Nina Tilden
|
stern
|
1864
|
San Francisco
|
Martin Vice
|
San Francisco, July 1864, arrived at Colorado River Aug. 1864
|
Philadelphia Silver & Copper Mining Co., Pacific & Colorado Steam Navigation Co., Arizona Navigation Co., George A. Johnson & Company, Colorado Steam Navigation Company
|
unknown
|
97'
|
22'
|
12"
|
unknown - 120 tons
|
Wrecked Sept. 1874, at Port Isabel
|
Retta
|
stern
|
1900
|
Yuma
|
unknown
|
Yuma, 1900
|
Mexican-Colorado Navigation Company
|
unknown
|
36'
|
6'
|
unknown
|
unknown - unknown
|
Sunk, February, 1905
|
St. Vallier
|
stern
|
1899
|
unknown
|
unknown
|
Needles, California, Early 1899
|
Santa Ana Mining Company, Mexican-Colorado Navigation Company
|
94
|
74'
|
17'
|
unknown
|
unknown - unknown
|
Sunk, March, 1909
|
San Jorge
|
screw
|
1901
|
Chicago
|
unknown
|
Yuma, June 1901
|
Mexican-Colorado Navigation Company
|
unknown
|
38'
|
9'
|
18"
|
unknown - unknown
|
To the Gulf, July 1901
|
Searchlight
|
stern
|
1902
|
Needles
|
F. L. Hawley
|
Needles, Dec. 1902
|
Colorado River Transportation Company, Colorado Steam Navigation Company, U. S. Reclamation Service
|
98
|
91'
|
18'
|
unknown
|
unknown - unknown
|
"Lost", 1916
|
Uncle Sam
|
side
|
June 1852
|
San Francisco
|
Domingo Marcucci[8]
|
Estuary, Nov. 1852
|
James Turnbull
|
40
|
65'
|
16'
|
unknown
|
20 hp - 35 tons
|
Foundered 1853, 6 miles below Fort Yuma
|
Unnamed steamer
|
stern
|
February 1859
|
San Francisco
|
Henry Owens[9]
|
Knocked down and sent to the Colorado River Estuary in the schooner Arno.[9]
|
Gila Mining & Transportation Company
|
unknown
|
125'
|
25'
|
3.5'
|
unknown - unknown
|
Sank with the schooner Arno near Robinson's Landing before it could be unloaded and assembled. April 1859.[10][11][12]
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