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USED Towboat Tollinger
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MRC Inspection Boat Issaquena (1912 - 1927)


Sternwheel Towboat:
  • Built in 1912, as the Mississippi River Commission Inspection Boat Issaquena at Howard Shipyard, Jeffersonville, IN
  • Launched in 1912
  • Delivered, and put into service as the Mississippi River Commission Inspection Boat Issaquena in 1912
  • Transferred to the US Army Engineers, Vicksburg District in 1927, renamed USED Tollinger
  • Hull rebuilt in 1934 with addition of two 2 x 98 foot sponsons
  • Cabin and boilers converted from coal to oil during 1939-40 rebuild
  • Retired from Army service in 1947
  • Sold at public auction in 1947 to River Barge Ship's Service, Westwego, LA.
  • Final Disposition, dismantled in February 1952
    Specifications:
    Displacement 510 t.
    Length 145.5'
    Beam
    As Built - 30'
    1934 Rebuild - 33'
    Hull Depth unknown
    Draft 6'
    Speed unknown
    Crew Accommodations unknown
    Propulsion
    1939 - four H.K. Porter oil-fired boilers replaced coal-fired boilers
    two triple expansion reciprocating steam engines, 2,880 hp.
    stern-wheel, 23 ft. diameter by 21 ft. long, 15 buckets, 31 inch dip

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    Mississippi River Commission
    Issaquena
    303007904
    129k Mississippi River Commission Inspection Boat Issaquena underway, date and location unknown.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Digital Library
    John Spivey
    USED Towboat Tollinger
    Tollinger
    303007901
    73k USED TowboatTollinger moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Digital Library
    John Spivey
    Tollinger
    303007902
    16k Post card images of USED Towboat Tollinger underway, date and location unknown. Tommy Trampp
    Tollinger
    303007903
    66k
    Tollinger
    303007905
    79k USED Towboat Tollinger underway on a river in 1947 prior to her sale in early March to River Barge Ship's Service, Westwego, LA.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Collection
    John Spivey

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