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USED Towboat Tallulah

Sternwheel Towboat:

Built in 1922 at Howard Shipyard, Jeffersonville, IN.

Launched in 1922

Delivered to the US Army Engineers in 1922

Christened, commissioned and placed in service as USED Towboat Tallulah in 1922

Assigned to the US Army Engineers Vicksburg District

USED Tallulah worked on the Mississippi River

Retired from US Army service, date unknown

Sold, date unknown, to Patton-Tully Transportation Co. renamed Walter F. Carey

Resold in 1943 to Commercial Barge Line, renamed Commercial Dixie

Converted to a twin prop diesel boat by St. Louis Ship for Commercial Barge Line

Final Disposition, Fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 160 t.
Length 127.5'
Beam 23'
Hull Depth unknown
Draft 4.5'
Speed unknown
Crew unknown

Propulsion

two steam engines, 10’s-5 ft. stroke

two boilers

sternwheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USED Tallulah
303019601	45k	USED Tallulah moored to a riverbank, date and location unknown. University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Historic Steamboat Collection	John Spivey
Merchant Service
303019602	91k	Towboat *Walter F. Carey* (ex-USED Tallulah tie up to a riverbank, date and location unknown. University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Historic Steamboat Collection	John Spivey

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