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United States
Name	Johanna Smith
Builder	W.A. Magee at Kruse & Banks, North Bend, Oregon
Launched	1917
Fate	Sunk after fire, 1932
Status	"Engined 1919. Hulked 1928"
Notes	Known as 14 Minute Wreck.
General characteristics
Class and type	Lumber schooner (steam)
Tonnage	1,921 tons
Length	257 ft.
Beam	50 ft.

Johanna Smith was a wooden-hulled schooner that transported lumber along the United States West Coast. She was built near North Bend, Oregon in 1917. She was sold to the Coos Bay Lumber company in 1918, and transported lumber until 1928.

"Built during First World War, shortages prohibited the installation of an engine in the Johanna Smith ... she was used as a barge until 1921, when she became one of only two Pacific Coast steam schooners to be powered by steam turbines."

In 1928, she was converted into a gambling ship, and was moored off Long Beach, California. It was reported to have 13 gaming tables and 38 slot machines operating twenty-four hours a day.

She burned on 22 July 1932. The cause of the fire was never determined.

References

1. "Kruse & Banks Shipbuilding". ShipbuildingHistory.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
2. "Johanna Smith". California Wreck Divers. Archived from the original on 2009-12-20. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
3. Beale, George (August 13, 1928). "Gambling Ship is Doing Fine". cdnc.ucr.edu. San Pedro News Pilot.

External links

• Information on the wreck, from California Wreck Divers

33°43′55″N 118°11′13″W / 33.732°N 118.187°W / 33.732; -118.187

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1932
Shipwrecks	26 Jan: HMS M2 12 Mar: Reindeer I 19 May: Georges Philippar 7 Jul: Prométhée 22 Jul: Johanna Smith 26 Jul: Niobe 4 Aug: Hai Kan No. 4 14 Sep: HMAS Encounter 27 Sep: Nevada 14 Oct: Monte Nevoso 14 Nov: Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft December (unknown date): Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft Unknown date: HMAS Yarra
Other incidents	22 Jan: HMS Rainbow 30 Jan: President Roosevelt, Roma 8 Feb: USS Whipple 10 Feb: I-54, I-55 21 Feb: Nordland 28 Feb: USCGC Acushnet 13 Mar: Prince David 20 Apr: Hougomont 11 May: Berengaria 14 May: Lochearn 15 May: Georges Philippar 8 Jun: Mulbera 14 Jun: Hyūga, I-4 4 Aug: Otranto 8 Aug: Western World August (unknown date): Duke of Lancaster 3 Sep: Quersee 23 Sep: Challenger 1 Oct: Lawhill 6 Oct: Cap Arcona 11 Oct: Mulbera 17 Oct: Brulin 22 Dec: Navemar, ARP Tacuary 24 Dec: ARP Tacuary
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