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USED Towboat Lieutenant Gurney

Sternwheel Towboat:

Built in 1911 for the US Army Engineers by Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works, Dubuque, IA.

Launched in 1911

Delivered to the US Army Corps of Engineers, in 1911

Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District

Christened, commissioned and put into service as USED Towboat Lieutenant Gurney in 1911

Widened and rebuilt, circa 1932 at Dravo Corp., Neville Island PA.,

Re-assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District in 1932

Retired from Army service, circa 1936

Sold at Public sale to Raymond City Coal and Transportation Co. in 1936, renamed Junior

Final Disposition, sold to Tresler Oil Co. and dismantled in the fall of 1944

Specifications:
Displacement 197 t.
Length 137.6'
Beam 24'
Hull Depth 5'
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Crew unknown
Fuel Oil Capacity unknown
Potable Water unknown

Propulsion

two condensing steam engines, 13’s, 26’s-4 ft. stroke

two boilers

sternwheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USED Towboat Lieutenant Gurney
303006501	105k	USED Towboat Lieutenant Gurney moored along a river bank, date and location unknown. Encyclopedia Dubuque	John Spivey
303006502	69k	USED Towboat Lieutenant Gurney about to get underway with a tow, date and location unknown. University of Missouri St. Louis Digital Library	Tommy Trampp
303006503	133k	USED Towboat Lieutenant Gurney underway, date and location unknown. University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Collection	John Spivey
303006505	47k	USED Towboat Lieutenant Gurney tied up to a dock at Memphis, TN. in April 1923. University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Collection	John Spivey
Merchant Service
303006504	104k	Ex-USED Towboat Lieutenant Gurney in merchant service as the Raymond City Coal & Transportation Co towboat *Junior* tied to a riverbank, date and location unknown. University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Collection	John Spivey

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