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USED Towboat General Chittenden (II)


Sternwheel Towboat:
  • Built in 1925 by US Army Corp of Engineers, Gasconade, MO.
  • Launched in 1925
  • Acquired by the US Army Corp of Engineers in 1925
  • Christened and Commissioned in 1925, and put into service by the US Army Corp of Engineers as the towboat USED General Chittenden
  • Assigned to the US Army Corp of Engineers Kansas City, District
  • USED Towboat General Chittenden worked on the Missouri River
  • Final Disposition, General Chittenden rolled over on her port side and sank at Charleston Bend, Missouri River, 26 March 1936
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 130'
    Beam 26'
    Hull Depth unknown
    Draft 4'
    Speed unknown
    Crew Accommodations unknown
    Propulsion
    reciprocating steam engine
    sternwheel

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    General Chittenden
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    76k USED Towboat General Chittenden (II) underway, date and location unknown.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat gallery
    John Spivey

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