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USED Towboat Itasca

Sternwheel Towboat:

Built in 1881 at Carondelet,MO. for the Mississippi River Commission

Launched in 1881

Put into service in 1881 at Memphis, TN.

Transferred to the US Army Engineers in 1906

Christened and and put into service as USED Towboat Itasca in 1906

Assigned to the US Army Engineers Memphis District

Retired from Army service, date unknown

Sold in 1942 to Patton Tully Transportation Co., converted to diesel and renamed Charles Norvell

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 105 t.
Length 93'
Beam 16'
Hull Depth unknown
Draft 5'
Speed unknown
Crew unknown

Propulsion

As Built - reciprocating steam engine

1942 - diesel

stern-wheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
303007501	102k	USED Towboat Itasca underway while passing an unidentified dredge, date and location unknown University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Digital Library.	John Spivey
303007502	25k	USED Towboat Itasca underway in March 1923, at Memphis, TN. US Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library.	John Spivey
303007503	32k		John Spivey

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