Yawah
Steamship · United States · Lost Abandoned and scuttled in the Mallows Bay Ghost Fleet in the 1920s-1930s. · Chesapeake Bay
Yawah, a wooden World War I emergency steamship, ended her short career abandoned among the hulks of Mallows Bay.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Yawah was built as part of the hurried World War I Emergency Fleet Corporation wooden shipbuilding effort meant to counter German submarine losses. She saw little service before becoming surplus at war's end. Towed to Mallows Bay on the Potomac River, she was subjected to failed scrapping operations and today rests as part of the Ghost Fleet within a protected national marine sanctuary.
Vessel
- 1918
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- Wood
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- Steam
- U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation
Loss
- Abandoned and scuttled in the Mallows Bay Ghost Fleet in the 1920s-1930s.
- Intentional sinking
- Mallows Bay, Potomac River, Chesapeake Bay watershed
- Chesapeake Bay
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The Wreck Today
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- Timber ribs and frames partially exposed above the waterline.
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- Within Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary
Position
- 38.60° N 77.28° W
- Approximate position
- Mallows Bay, Maryland
General location within Mallows Bay Ghost Fleet area.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (55/100)
Exact build details and shipyard are not fully established in the sources reviewed.
NOAA Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary
Ghost Fleet history and vessel identification.
