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USED Towboat Herry Bosse
ex
 USED David Tipton (I) (1905-1907)

Sternwheel Towboat:
  • Built in 1881 at Dubuque, IA. as Vixen
  • Launched in 1881
  • Delivered to the Diamond JO lines in 1881
  • Purchased by the US Army Engineers in 1905, commission in as USED Towboat David Tipton
  • Assigned to the U.S. Army Engineers Rock Island District
  • Christened, commissioned and placed in service in 1905 by the U.S. Army Engineers as USED Towboat David Tipton
  • Renamed USED Towboat Henry Bosse in 1908
  • USED David Tipton / Henry Bosse worked on the upper Mississippi River
  • Final Disposition, capsized, 19 August 1913, during a storm (tornado) on the upper Mississippi River just below Keokuk, IA., with loss of six crew members
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 100'
    Beam 19'
    Hull Depth unknown
    Draft 2.8'
    Speed unknown
    Crew unknown
    Propulsion
    steam engine(s)
    boiler(s)
    sternwheel
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    Merchant Service
    Henry Bosse
    303016202    		 90k The Diamond JO Lines towboat Vixen tied up to a riverbank, date and location unknown
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Historical Steamboat Collection    		 John Spivey
    USED Towboat Henry Bosse
    Henry Bosse
    303016201    		 80k USED Towboat Henry Bosse underway with a tow, circa 1908-1913, location unknown
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Historical Steamboat Collection    		 John Spivey
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