This vessel was a private yacht registered at Chicago, Illinois, owned and mastered by Raymond E Bond of St. Paul, Minnesota. It carried no insurance and was valued at $200.
The yacht Aldena was traveling upstream on the Mississippi River from Chicago to St. Paul and at 5:30 a.m. It was anchored at the Guttenburg Locks when the gasoline engine backfired, causing the yacht to catch on fire. The two crew members got off the boat safely, but the Aldena was destroyed.
The current location and condition of the Aldena have not been identified by archaeological investigation.