USS Yuma has been the name of five ships of the United States Navy. The name is taken after the Yuma tribe of Arizona.
The first USS Yuma (1865) was a river monitor launched in May 1865, but never commissioned, and sold in 1874
The second USS Yuma (YT-37) was a tug originally named USS Asher J. Hudson and later renamed Yuma; she was sold in 1921
The third USS Yuma (AT-94) was a Navajo-class fleet tug commissioned in 1943 and transferred to Pakistan in 1959
The fourth USS Yuma (YTM-748) was a Chicopee-class medium harbor tug the Navy acquired in 1964 from the US Army, where she had served with the designation LT-2078 since 1954; she was placed out of service in 1976 and sold for scrapping in 1987
USNS Yuma (T-EPF-8) is a planned Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
