SS Asbury Park
Asbury Park as City of Sacramento | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Asbury Park later City of Sacramento, Kahloke, Lady Grace |
| Route | San Francisco Bay, Puget Sound. British Columbia |
| Builder | Wm Cramp & Sons |
| Launched | 28 March 1903 |
| In service | 1903 |
| Identification |
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| Notes | Transferred to west coast, 1918. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | coastal steamship and ferry |
| Tonnage | as ferry : 3,016 gross; 1,829 regis. |
| Length | 297 ft (91 m) |
| Beam | as ferry : 50 ft (15 m) over hull; 67 ft (20 m) over guards. |
| Depth | 15.5 ft (5 m) depth of hold |
| Deck clearance | as ferry : 11.5 ft (4 m) on vehicle deck. |
| Ramps | as ferry : bow loading ramp for vehicles |
| Installed power | steam engines; converted to diesel-electric power 1952-53. |
| Propulsion | twin propellers |
| Speed | as built : 20 kn (37.04 km/h) |
| Crew | as steamship : 77 |
Asbury Park was a high-speed coastal steamer built in Philadelphia, and intended to transport well-to-do persons from New York to summer homes on the New Jersey shore. This vessel was sold to West Coast interests in 1918, and later converted to an automobile ferry, serving on various routes in the San Francisco Bay, Puget Sound and British Columbia. This vessel was known by a number of other names, including City of Sacramento, Kahloke, Langdale Queen, and Lady Grace. She was retired as a ferryboat in 1976. The superstructure was removed in 1988 after being damaged, and Asbury Park operated as a barge until being abandoned sometime after 2004; she sank in 2008.
Asbury Park had a number of owners over her long career. These included, among others, the Jersey Central Railroad (1903-1918) Monticello Steamship Co. (1918-1917); Golden Gate Ferry Co. (1918-1927), Southern Pacific Railroad, (1927-1941), Puget Sound Navigation Company, (1941-1952), Black Ball Line, Ltd, (1951-1961), and BC Ferries (1961-1976).