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USED Towboat John Ordway

Stern-wheel Towboat:
  • Built in 1934 by US Boat Yard, Gasconade, MO. for the US Army Corps of Engineers
  • Launched in 1934
  • Christened, commissioned and and put into service as USED Towboat John Ordway in 1934
  • John Ordway operated on the Missouri River
  • Retired from Army service, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 107'
    Beam 22.5'
    Hull Depth unknown
    Draft 3.25'
    Speed unknown
    Crew 7
    Propulsion
    diesel engine, 210hp
    sternwheel
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    John Ordway
    303007403    		 74k USED Towboat John Ordway working on the Fort Peck Dam project in 1934/35.
    US Army Corp of Engineers Digital Library, Fort Peck District    		 John Spivey
    John Ordway
    303007404    		 51k
    John Ordway
    303007405    		 107k USED Towboat John Ordway underway with tow, date and location unknown.
    US Army Corp of Engineers Omaha District    		 John Spivey
    Galpin
    302900301    		 73k USED Towboat John Ordway and USED Tender Galpin at a barrow pit above the Fort Peck Dam project, 10 July 1936.
    US Army District Engineers Corp Fort Peck Dam Office photo # 322693    		 John Spivey
    Derrick Boat No.3425
    3028002401    		 71k USED Towboat John Ordway and USED Derrick Boat No.3425, working on the Fort Peck Dam project in 1934/35.
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District    		 John Spivey
    John Ordway
    303007401    		 70k USED Towboat John Ordway tied up to a larger vessel, date and location unknown
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Digital Library    		 John Spivey
    John Ordway
    303007402    		 95k USED Towboat John Ordway moored pierside, date and location unknown
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Digital Library    		 John Spivey
    John Ordway
    303007406    		 61k USED Towboat John Ordway underway, date and location unknown
    Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library, St. Louis Mercantile Library, University of Missouri-St. Louis    		 John Spivey
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