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."

Johanna Smith (ship)

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.

Johanna Smith (ship)

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

Johanna Smith (ship)

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Information on the wreck, from California Wreck Divers

Shipwrecks of the California coast

Lumber schooners

Individual sailing vessels

Barges

Gambling ships

Steamships of the United States

Ships built in North Bend, Oregon

World War I cargo ships of the United States

History of Long Beach, California

Defunct casinos in the United States

Maritime incidents in 1932

1917 ships

Ship fires

Casinos in Los Angeles County, California