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USED Towboat Ottawa

Sternwheel Towboat:
  • Built in 1916 at Cincinnati, OH.
  • Launched in 1916
  • Acquired in 1916 by the US Army Corp of Engineers Louisville District
  • Christened, commissioned and and put into service as USED Towboat Ottawa in 1916
  • Ottawa operated on the Ohio River
  • Retired from US Army service in 1943
  • Sold in 1943 to Arrow Transportation Co.
  • Sold in March 1945, to CAPT Bisso
  • In 1949 her machinery and boilers were removed with plans to replace them with equipment from the towboat Jos. Chotin
  • Final Disposition, the plan was never completed and Ottawa was totally dismantled in 1949
    Specifications:
    Displacement 157 t.
    Length 164'
    Beam 31'
    Hull Depth unknown
    Draft 4'
    Speed unknown
    Crew unknown
    Fuel Oil Capacity unknown
    Potable Water unknown
    Propulsion
    reciprocating steam engine
    sternwheel
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    Ottawa
    303010201    		 55k USED Towboat Ottawa underway, date and location unknown
    University of Wisconsin-Madison Steamboat gallery    		 John Spivey
    Ottawa
    303010202    		 68k USED Towboat Ottawa tied up to a riverbank on a snowy day, date and location unknown
    University of Wisconsin-Madison Steamboat collection    		 John Spivey
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