.jpg) Asbury Park as City of Sacramento
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| History | |
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| 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 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.