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USED Towboat Choctaw

Sternwheel Towboat:

Built in 1899 at Dubuque, IA. for the Mississippi River Commission

Launched in 1899

Transferred in 1905 to the U.S. Engineering Department ST. Louis Mississippi River Dredging District

Christened, commissioned and placed in service as USED Towboat Choctaw

Transferred in 1924 to the U.S. Engineering Department West Memphis

Re-assigned in 1924 to the US Army Corps of Engineers West Memphis District

USED Towboat Choctaw worked on the Mississippi River

Retired from Army service, date unknown

Sold to Federal Barge Lin, date unknown (still on the list in 1930)

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length 171.5'
Beam 36'
Hull Depth unknown
Draft 5.5'
Speed unknown
Crew unknown

Propulsion

two reciprocating steam engines, 22’s-8 ft. stroke

sternwheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
303013301	143k	USED Towboats Choctaw and *Sachem* steaming in tandem probably on the Mississippi River, date unknown University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Photograph Collection	John Spivey
303013302	71k	USED Towboats Choctaw laying at City Landing, St. Louis, MO., 7 May 1900 US Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library
30263003	85k	USED Towboat Choctaw astern of USED Dredge Omega preparing to get underway, date and location unknown US Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library, collection of CAPT. Forrest Harrison

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