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USED Towboat MacArthur

Sternwheel Towboat:

Laid down 1901 as the towboat S.P. Gillet at the Howard Shipyard, Jeffersonville IN.

Launched in 1901

Delivered 1901

Sold in 1917, renamed A.F. MacArthur

Acquired by the US Army Engineers in 1920

Assigned to the US Army Engineers Loiusville District

Commissioned in 1920 and placed in service as USED Towboat MacArthur

MacArthur was employed on the Missouri River

Retired from US Army service, circa 1939

Sold, circa 1939 to private owner, renamed Miriam Werner

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length 118.9'
Beam 30'
Hull Depth unknown
Draft 4.1'
Speed unknown
Crew unknown

Propulsion

steam engine(s)

boiler(s)

sternwheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Merchant Service
303011102	98k	Towboat A.F. MacArthur with a tow, circa 1917-1920, location unknown University of Wisconsin Madison Digital Library LaCrosse steamboat gallery	John Spivey
USED MacArthur
303011101	107k	USED Towboat MacArthur tied up to alongside the river bank, date and location unknown. University of Wisconsin Madison Digital Library LaCrosse steamboat gallery	John Spivey
303011103	121k	USED Towboat MacArthur underway, date and location unknown. University of Wisconsin Madison Digital Library LaCrosse steamboat gallery	John Spivey

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