''Johanna Smith'' was a wooden-hulled schooner that transported lumber along the United States West Coast. She was built near

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until 1921, when she became one of only two Pacific Coast steam schooners to be powered by steam turbines." In 1928, she was converted into a

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, and was moored off

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. It was reported to have 13 gaming tables and 38 slot machines operating twenty-four hours a day. She burned on 22 July 1932. The cause of the fire was never determined.

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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 {{Merchantship-stub