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USED Towboat Shawnee
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USED Towboat Col. G.L. Gillespie (1897 - 1923)


Sternwheel Towboat:
  • Built in 1897 for the US Army Corp of Engineers as the towboat Col. G.L. Gillespie at Howard Shipyard & Dock Co., Jeffersonville IN.
  • Launched in 1897
  • Delivered to the US Army Corps of Engineers, in 1897
  • Christened and and put into service as USED Towboat Col.G.L. Gillespie in 1897
  • USED Towboat Col;. G.L. Gillespie was assigned to the US Army Corps on Engineers, Louisville District
  • Col. G.L. Gillespie worked the Ohio River
  • Rebuilt at the USED Repair Station, Louisville, KY. 1n 1909 (119' x 25' 3'5"
  • Rebuilt entirely at Louisville and given a new hull in 1923-24, (119'5" x 23'2" x 4'"8), converted to diesel-electric propulsion, renamed Shawnee
  • Retired from Army service in 1931
  • Sold to Costanzo Coal Co., Warwood, W.VA. in February 1931
  • Sank at the Richland mine at Warwood, 31 May 1931
  • Raised and swapped to Hlllman Coal and Coke Co. in 1931 for the towboat A.R. Budd
  • Sold to CAPT. Charles T. Campbell of Campbell Transportation Co. in August 1931
  • After modification Campbell brought her out with a single deck in 1934
  • Final Disposition, sold in 1941 to Charles Zubick and dismantled
    Specifications:
    Displacement 100 t.
    Length 119'
    Beam 25'
    Hull Depth unknown
    Draft 3'5"
    Speed unknown
    Crew unknown
    Fuel Oil Capacity unknown
    Potable Water unknown
    Propulsion
    1897-1924 steam
    1924-1942 diesel-electric
    sternwheel

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    USED Towboat Col. G.L. Gillespie
    Shawnee
    303006903
    88k USED Towboat Col. G.L. Gillespie tied up to a river bank, date and location unknown
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Digital Library
    John Spivey
    USED Towboat Shawnee
    Shawnee
    303006902
    107k USED Towboat Shawnee tied up to a river bank, date and location unknown
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Digital Library
    John Spivey
    Shawnee
    303006904
    74k Stern view of USED Towboat Shawnee underway, date and location unknown
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Digital Library
    John Spivey
    Merchant Service
    Shawnee
    303006901
    97k M/V Shawnee underway while owned by the Campbell Transportation Co., circa 1934-41
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Digital Library
    John Spivey

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