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USED Towboat Nugent

Sternwheel Towboat:

Built in 1904 at Howard Shipyard, Jeffersonville, IN.

Launched in 1904

Delivered in 1904 to Nugent Sand Co. of Louisville

Sold to the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1905

Christened, commissioned and placed in service as USED Towboat Nugent in 1905

Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District

USED Nugent worked on the Tombigbee River and Black Warrior River

Retired from US Army service, circa 1922

Sold in 1922 to E.A. Baker

Final Disposition, possibly out of documentation in 1937, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length 120'
Beam 24'
Hull Depth unknown
Draft 3.5'
Speed unknown
Crew unknown

Propulsion

boiler(s)

reciprocating steam engines

sternwheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
303018801	98k	USED Nugent tied up to a riverbank, date and location unknown. University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Collection		John Spivey
303018802	117k	USED Nugent underway near Louisvilee, KY. in 1905 Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library		John Spivey

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