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USACE Towboat M/V Sergeant Floyd

Towboat:

Built in 1932 as US Army Corps of Engineers towboat Sergeant Floyd at Howard Shipyard, Jeffersonville, IN.

Launched, 31 May 1932

Delivered, 5 August 1932 to the US Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District

Commissioned in 1932 as USACE Towboat M/V Sergeant Floyd

Refitted, 1962-1963

In 1975 she was rebuilt as a floating Bicentennial exhibit for the Army Corps of Engineers. For 18 months Sergeant Floyd toured the inland and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways, bringing to thousands of Americans the story of how the Army Corps of Engineers contributed to the development of our country.

After the Bicentennial Sergeant Floyd was decommissioned and moored permanently at St. Louis, MO as a floating museum

In 1983 Sergeant Floyd was offered for sale by the US Army Corps of Engineers as surplus property

Current Disposition Sergeant Floyd was acquired by the city of Sioux City, IA. where she is permanently drydocked and used as a state welcoming center and river museum

Specifications:
Displacement 30g t.
Length 138'
Beam 30'
Draft 3-4'
Speed 10 kts.
Hull Depth 5'
Accommodations 32
Crew required (1 shift) 11
Fuel consumption 70 gals per hour

Propulsion

AS Built - two 300 HP Fairbanks-Morse diesels diesel engines

Re-powered in 1962 - two 600 HP Cooper-Bessemer diesels diesel engines

single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
303001601	38k	*Namesake* Charles Floyd (1782 – August 20, 1804) was an American explorer, a non-commissioned officer in the U.S. Army, and the quartermaster of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. A native of Kentucky, he was a son of Robert Clark Floyd, a nephew of James John Floyd, a cousin of Virginia governor John Floyd, and possibly a relative of William Clark. He was one of the first men to join the expedition, and the only member of the Corps of Discovery to die during the expedition. Photo of a watercolor on ivory of Charles Floyd circa 1804 by Benjamin Trott (1770-1841), The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City.	Wikipedia
303001603	70k	USED Towboat M/V Sergeant Floyd underway, date and location unknown University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Digital Library.	John Spivey
303001604	77k	USED Towboat M/V Sergeant Floyd underway, date and location unknown University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Digital Library.	John Spivey
303001608	71k	USED Towboat M/V Sergeant Floyd underway, 1 June 1938, Kansas City Reach, Missouri River. US Army Corp of Engineers Digital Library	John Spivey
303001605	75k	USACE Towboat M/V Sergeant Floyd in the auxiliary lock, Greenup Locks and Dam, Ohio River, date unknown US Army Corp of Engineers Digital Library	John Spivey
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303001609	98k	USACE Towboat M/V Sergeant Floyd serving as the district survey boat, circa 1976. US Army Corp of Engineers Digital Library	John Spivey
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303001602	70k	Ex-USACE M/V Sergeant Floyd permanently drydocked as a state of Iowa visitor center and a river museum at Sioux City, IA. Sergeant Floyd towboat - Wikimedia Commons	Robert Hurst
303001612	98k		Robert Hurst