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USACE Mississippi (III)

Stern-wheel Towboat:
  • Built in 1926, at Jeffersonville, IN.
  • Launched, in 1926
  • Delivered, 8 February 1927
  • Commissioned and placed in service by the US Army Corps of Engineers, as USACE Mississippi (III)
  • Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District
  • Decommissioned and retired from Army service, circa 1966
  • Sold in 1966, renamed Becky Thatcher
  • Final Disposition, sunk at her moorings at Neville, Island, Pittsburgh, PA., 20-21 February 2010, declared a total loss
    Specifications:
    Displacement 761 t.
    Length 213'
    Beam 38'
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Draft 7'
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Propulsion
    boiler(s)
    reciprocating steam engine(s)
    sternwheel
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    Captain William Clark
    30269402    		 100k Dredge USACE William Clark arriving in Memphis Harbor under tow by stern-wheel towboat USACE Mississippi (III). circa 1950-1951.
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo     		Memphis District Corps of Engineers
    Captain William Clark
    30269403    		 81k
    Missippi
    303000401    		 87k Stern view of USACE Mississippi (III) underway on the Mississippi River with Dredge USACE Captain William Clark circa 1950-1951. US Army Corps of Engineers
    Missippi
    303000404    		 175k USACE Mississippi tied to the bank of the Mississippi River at Memphis, TN. in 1954.
    Courtesy Steamboat.com Dave Thomson Collection    		 John Spivey
    Missippi
    303000405    		 87k USACE Mississippi (III) underway on the Mississippi River, circa 1957.
    Courtesy Steamboat.com Dave Thomson Collection    		 John Spivey
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