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USED Towboat Wynoka

Sternwheel Towboat:

Built in 1899 at Dubuque, IA.

Launched in 1899

Acquired by the Mississippi River Commission in 1899

In 1905 she caught on fire and her cabin and pilot house were burned off at O'Donnell's Landing, Arkansas below Cairo

Transferred in 1905 to the US Army Engineers St. Louis District

Christened, commissioned and and put into service as USED Towboat Wynoka in 1905

Wynoka operated on the Mississippi River

By 1917 USED Wynoka had been reassigned to US Engineers, Memphis District

In April 1925 Wynoka made a trip to St. Paul with five barges loaded with water ballast to test the possibility of an upper Mississippi extension of the Federal Barge Line. At Island 17 the barges went aground and after they were freed the Mississippi River Barge Line Sternwheel Steamer General Ashburn completed the trip.

On 4 August 1929 Wynoka hit a rock and sank near the Rock Island Bridge

Repaired at Keokuk, she took part in the dedication of the new Peoria Illinois terminal in June 1931

Retired from US Army service, circa 1933

Sold in 1933 to E.N. Bisso and renamed Bisso

Resold in 1935, renamed Gold Shield

Final Disposition, sank in late April 1939 at Algiers, LA.

Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length 171.6'
Beam 36
Hull Depth unknown
Draft 3.6'
Speed unknown
Crew unknown
Fuel Oil Capacity unknown
Potable Water unknown

Propulsion

steam engine(s), 22’s-8 ft. stroke

boiler(s)

sternwheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USED Towboat Wynoka
303009801	98k	USED Towboat Wynoka with a tow on the Mississippi River near Savanna, IL., circa 1930 University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat gallery	John Spivey
303009802	89k	USED Towboat Wynoka with a tow on the Mississippi River, date and location unknown. University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat gallery	John Spivey
303009805	45k	USED Towboat Wynoka tied up to the Mississippi River bank near Memphis, Tn., March 1923 US Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library	John Spivey
303009806	119k	USED Towboat Wynoka tied up, date and location unknown. Steamboats.com	John Spivey
Merchant Service
303009803	85k	Ex-USED Towboat Wynoka in commercial service as *Basso, 1933-1935, tied up to the river bank with a barge load of popes. University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat gallery*	John Spivey
303009804	49k	Ex-USED Towboat Wynoka in commercial service as *Gold Shield, circa 1935-1939, underway, location unknown. University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat gallery*	John Spivey

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