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USED Towboat General O.M. Poe

Sternwheel Towboat:
  • Built in 1893 at Cincinnati, OH.
  • Launched in 1893
  • Christened, commissioned and placed in service in 1893 by the U.S. Army Engineers as USED Towboat General O.M. Poe
  • Assigned to the U.S. Army Engineers Cincinnati District
  • General O.M. Poe operated on the Kentucky River
  • Retired from US Army service, prior to 30 June 1911 (Off the list by 30 June 1911)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 145'
    Beam 34'
    Hull Depth unknown
    Draft 4.7'
    Speed unknown
    Crew unknown
    Propulsion
    steam engine(s)
    boiler(s)
    sternwheel
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    General O.M. Poe
    303015001    		 68k USED Towboat General O.M. Poe underway on the Kentucky River in July 1908.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Photograph Collection    		 John Spivey
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