page_title: Bayocean (motor yacht)
section_title: Reasons for sale
hierarchical_section_title: Bayocean (motor yacht) / Transfer to California / Reasons for sale
caption_attribution_description: English: The motor yacht Bayocean at the Bay Ocean wharf on Tillamook Bay, June 1911.
context_page_description: Bayocean was a yacht that was built in 1911 to serve the now-vanished resort of Bay Ocean on the coast of Oregon at the entrance to Tillamook Bay. Considered an attractive vessel with a clipper bow and twin raked smokestacks, Bayocean was expensive to operate, was "somewhat cranky" at sea, and spent much of the time tied to a dock. 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.
context_section_description: According to one report, Bayocean was said by mariners to be "an excellent sea boat."  Another source states that the yacht was "somewhat cranky for coastwise service."  The yacht was expensive to operate.  By 1913, Bayocean had been used to carry passengers from Portland to the Bayocean resort for just one season, that of 1911, and the cost was too great to continue.
  One element of cost was the annual tax assessment from Multnomah County, which was $7,500 in 1913.  By comparison, an entire smaller steamboat, the Truant (60 feet long, 33 gross tons), was built not far from Tillamook Bay, in Toledo, Oregon in 1910 for $6,000.
  An alternative plan, to run from Astoria to Tillamook was tried, but this did not work out and for some time prior to January 1913, the yacht had been out of service and moored at Bayocean.
caption: Bayocean at the Bayocean wharf on Tillamook Bay, June 1911.  Bayocean spent most of its time in Oregon tied up to this dock.
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