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USED Towboat Inspector

International Radio Call Sign:
Whiskey - Yankee - Charlie - Bravo
WYCB

Towboat:

Built in 1915 at Charles Ward Engineering, Charleston, W.VA.

Launched in 1915

Delivered in 1915 to the US Army Engineers

Christened, commissioned and placed in service in 1915 by the U.S. Army Engineers as USED Towboat Inspector

Assigned to the U.S. Army Engineers Memphis District

Inspector played the part of the Royal Barge in the Memphis annual Cotton Carnival for a decade

Inspector was flagship for the flood relief fleet in 1927

Rebuilt in 1929 at Ayer and Lord Ways, Paducah, KY.

USED Inspector worked on the Mississippi River, Red River, Black River, Tensas River and Ouachita River

Retired from US Army service circa 1946

Sold at public sale in November 1946 to Fabick Tugboat Rental Co., St. Louis

Final Disposition, dismantled in 1947

Specifications:
Displacement 345 t.
Length 144'
Beam 30'
Hull Depth unknown
Draft 5.5'
Speed unknown
Crew unknown
Propulsion

two triple expansion steam engines, 10's, 15 ｽ痴, 25 1/8痴-18 in. stroke

two boilers (Two Babcock & Wilcox, cross drum, marine water-tube boilers, new 1944)

twin props

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
303016401	125k	USED Towboat Inspector tied up to the riverbank, date and location unknown. University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Collection		John Spivey

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