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USED Dredge / Towboat Umatilla

Sternwheel Towboat / Dredge:

Built in 1908 at Celilo on the Columbia River

Launched in 1908

Christened, commissioned and placed in service as USED Dredge Umatilla in November 1908

USED Umatilla worked on the Columbia River

Rebuilt in 1928 at Celilo

Retired from US Army service 1929

Sold in 1929 to the Willamette and Columbia River Towing Co., Portland OR.

Sold in 1935 to Shaver Transportation Co., Portland, OR.

Final Disposition, sank at her moorings 9 September 1941, dismantled

Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length unknown
Beam unknown
Hull Depth unknown
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Crew unknown
Propulsion steam
sternwheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
303019901	133k	USED Umatilla tied up to the bank of the Columbia River, date and location unknown. University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Collection	John Spivey
303019903	99k	USED Umatilla tied up to the bank of the Columbia River, date and location unknown.	John Spivey
303019902	84k	Ex-USED Umatilla sunk at her Shaver Transportation Co. mooring, 9 September 1941. Her engines, boilers and other machinery were removed in the previous autumn when he was retired. *Umatilla* was last used as a quarterboat for feeding workmen during conversion of a navy transport of *USS Neville* (AP-16)*. Steamboats.com*	John Spivey

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