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USED Towboat Merrill

Sternwheel Towboat:
  • Built in 1907 at Howard Shipyard, Jeffersonville, IN.
  • Launched in 1907
  • Acquired in 1907 by the US Army Corp of Engineers
  • Christened, commissioned and and put into service as USED Towboat Merrill in 1907
  • Assigned to the JUS Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District
  • Merrill operated on the Muskingum River and the Ohio River
  • Merrill worked tending dredges at Dam 14 on the Ohio River in 1926
  • Retired from US Army service, date unknown
  • Sold at public auction in March 1931, owner unknown, renamed Tu-Endi-We
  • Final Disposition, dismantled in 1943
    Specifications:
    Displacement 163 t.
    Length 115'
    Beam 22'
    Hull Depth unknown
    Draft 3.5'
    Speed unknown
    Crew unknown
    Fuel Oil Capacity unknown
    Potable Water unknown
    Propulsion
    engine type unknown
    sternwheel
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    Merrill
    303010101    		 106k USED Towboat Merrill underway, date and location unknown
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat gallery    		 John Spivey
    Merrill
    303010102    		 67k USED Towboat Merrill underway with a tow, date and location unknown
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat gallery    		 John Spivey
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