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USED Towboat General John Coffee

Sternwheel Towboat:

Built in 1918 at Paducah, KY. as the towboat Patton

Launched in 1918

Purchased by the US Army Corp of Engineers at New Orleans in January 1920

Christened, commissioned and placed in service in 1920 by the U.S. Army Engineers as USED Towboat General John Coffee

Assigned to the U.S. Army Engineers New Orleans District

General John Coffee operated on the Tennessee River

Retired from US Army service in 1925

Sold in late fall 1925 at public sale to Barrett Line

Renamed Dorothy Barrett in 1926

Various other owners/names

Final Disposition, dismantled in 1952.

Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length 132.9'
Beam 29.7'
Hull Depth unknown
Draft 4.9'
Speed unknown
Crew unknown

Propulsion

steam engine(s)

boiler(s)

sternwheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
303014801	84k	USED Towboat General John Coffee at Marietta Ways, Paducah moored between steamers *W.J. Jackson* and *James Moren, date unknown. University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Photograph Collection*		John Spivey
303014802	201k	USED Towboat General John Coffee tied up to the riverbank of the Tennessee River in 1920, location unknown. Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library		John Spivey

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