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Built for the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]] in 1942 by the [[Berkeley Steel Construction Company]] and commissioned as the ''Putah'',<ref name=":0" /> the vessel served as a [[snagboat]], clearing rivers from obstruction. It was in this capacity the ''Putah'' served until it was purchased by [[John Wayne]] in 1954 to serve as the ''Chicu San'' in the then-upcoming film ''[[Blood Alley]]'',<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2022-09-07 |title=John Wayne, pleasure cruises and fire: the story of the Spirit of Sacramento |url=https://fox40.com/news/local-news/sacramento/john-wayne-pleasure-cruises-and-fire-the-story-of-the-spirit-of-sacramento/ |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=FOX40 |language=en-US}}</ref> as based on the novel by [[Sid Fleischman|Sidney Fleischman]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blood Alley by |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781951473846 |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>
After the film released in 1955, the ''Putah'' was sold to Sacramento businessman Frank Parisi, who renamed the ''Putah'' to the ''Mansion Belle'' and
== Service as the ''Spirit of Sacramento'' and eventual abandonment ==
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