Seizer (snagboat)
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=title |Ship country=United States |Ship flag= File:Chief of Engineers Flag.png{{USN flag|1947}} |Ship name=Seizer |Ship namesake= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= | Ship sponsor= |Ship ordered= |Ship owner =U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |Ship awarded= |Ship builder= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= 1881, Stockton, California |Ship completed = 1881 |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= Barracks ship, 1921 |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honors= |Ship fate= unknown | Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type= snagboat |Ship displacement= |Ship length= {{convert|157|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}} o/a |Ship beam= {{convert|35|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= {{convert|4|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion= steam |Ship power= |Ship speed= 6-7 knots |Ship range= |Ship complement= |Ship sensors= |Ship armament= |Ship armour= }} |
Seizer was a wooden-hulled, stern-wheel steamship that served as the first snagboat for the United States Army Corps of Engineers on the Sacramento River.
History
Seizer was a stern-wheeled, shallow draft steamship ordered by the United States Army Corps of Engineers) to serve as the first snagboat on the Sacramento, the Mokelumne, and the San Joaquin Rivers.{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=Sacramento River: Snag-Boat: "Seizer"|website=History & Happenings|date=December 12, 2012 |url=http://historyandhappenings.squarespace.com/sacramento-river/?currentPage=3 |accessdate=}} She was built in Stockton, California in 1881 and outfitted with a wood-fueled steam boiler which enabled her to cruise at a speed of 6-7 knots. The ship was painted white with a red line and a mahogany smoke stake. She was captained by Captain "Rush" Fisher of Missouri and carried a crew of 33 men. The crew included divers from Hawaii who were able swimmers and capable of entering the muddy waters to attach chains to sunken trees.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E-xt68FN0eMC&dq=snagboat+seizer&pg=PA26|first=|last=|authorlink=|title=Port of Sacramento|pages=25–27 |publisher=West Sacramento Historical Society|date=April 11, 2007|isbn= 978-1531628956}} In 1895, she overhauled and fitted to burn coal. By 1919, she was using oil as a fuel. In 1908 she was joined by a snag scow, Tackle (30 GRT, 64 x 28 x 3.5), which was designed to operate in much shallower waters.{{cite book|url=https://www.spk.usace.army.mil/Portals/12/documents/history/California-Debris-Commission-History.pdf|first=John J.|last=Hagwood Jr.|authorlink=|title=The California Debris Commission: A History|pages=49 |publisher=U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District|date=1981|isbn=}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ueMYAAAAYAAJ&dq=snagboat+seizer&pg=PA440|first=|last=|authorlink=|title=List of Merchant Vessels of the United States - Vessels Owned by The United States and Employed in the Engineers Corps, United States Army|pages= 440|publisher=Department of Commerce, U.S. Bureau of Navigation|date=1911|isbn=}} She retired in 1921 after the completion of her replacement, Bear (242 GRT), and was converted into a quarter boat.{{cite book|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015026504491&view=1up&seq=704&skin=2021&q1=seizer|first=|last=|authorlink=|title=List of Merchant Vessels of the United States - Vessels Owned by The United States and Employed in the Engineers Corps, United States Army|pages= 550|publisher=Department of Commerce, U.S. Bureau of Navigation|date=1923|isbn=}} Her steam engine was utilized in the snagboat Yuba (410 GRT) built in 1925.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RT8fAQAAMAAJ&q=seiger&pg=PA654|first=|last=|authorlink=|title=Recent Contracts - A. W. de Young Boat & Shipbuilding Company|pages= 538|magazine=Pacific Marine Review: The National Magazine of Shipping, Volume 21|date= 1924}}
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Category:Ships built in Stockton, California