USS Asher J. Hudson (SP-3104), later renamed Yuma, was completed in 1891 at Camden, New Jersey, by John H. Dialogue and Sons, inspected in the 8th Naval District on 1 July 1918 and, on the 24th, was ordered taken over by the Navy.

That afternoon, she tried out her recently installed minesweeping gear and, on the 5th, swept the approaches to the southwest pass of the Mississippi River, in company with Barnett (SP-1149).

During the remainder of August, Asher J. Hudson conducted five sweeps, in company with Barnett, of the important passes of the shipping lanes leading to the "Father of Waters".

Asher J. Hudson maintained this routine of sweeping and patrol operations through the armistice of 11 November 1918 that stilted the guns of World War I, interspersing her active periods with upkeep at the section base of Burrwood or the naval station at New Orleans.

Records indicate that the vessel was reclassified as YT-37 on 17 July 1920 during the fleet-wide assignment of alphanumeric hull designations, and sank on 28 October 1920 from an undetermined cause while alongside a pier at the naval station at New Orleans.