Bayocean (motor yacht)

BayOcean sometime between May 1911 and May 1913, probably on the Willamette River.
History
United States
Name	Bayocean
Owner	1912: TB Potter Realty 1914: Bayocean Excursion Co
Port of registry	1912: Portland, OR 1914: San Francisco
Builder	Joseph Supple, Portland, Oregon
Cost	$40,000 or $50,000 (reports vary)
Launched	May 27, 1911
In service	1911
Identification	1912: US official number 208705 1912: code letters LBWD 1918: US Navy number 2640
Fate	Sold 1921
General characteristics
Type	Coastal passenger, later, naval patrol
Tonnage	114 GRT, 87 NRT
Length	130.1 ft (39.65 m)
Beam	18.7 ft (5.70 m)
Depth	7.9 ft (2.41 m) depth of hold
Decks	one
Installed power	triple gasoline engines
Propulsion	triple propeller
Complement	in naval service: 25
Crew	as yacht: 7 to 10
Armament	1918: 2 × 3-pounder guns

Bayocean was a yacht that was built in 1911 to serve the now-vanished resort of Bayocean on the coast of Oregon at the entrance to Tillamook Bay. Considered an attractive vessel with a clipper bow and twin raked smokestacks,^[1][2] Bayocean was expensive to operate, was "somewhat cranky" at sea, and spent much of the time tied to a dock.^[2] In 1913, Bayocean then transferred to San Francisco Bay where it served briefly as an excursion vessel. In 1918, Bayocean was purchased by the U.S. Navy and converted to a patrol vessel. Following a brief active career, Bayocean was laid up again for about two years, as the Navy demobilized and sought to find buyers for its surplus ships. In 1921, the Navy sold Bayocean at auction to the San Francisco concern of Crowley Launch and Tug, now Crowley Maritime.