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USED Towboat Wave Rock

Sternwheel Towboat/Tender:

Built in 1898 at Louisville, KY.

Launched in 1898

Christened, commissioned and placed in service in 1898 as USED Towboat Wave Rock

Assigned to the US Army Engineers Louisville district

USED Wave Rock worked on the Ohio River

Retired from US Army service, circa 1920

Sold in 1920 to CAPT. John Klein

Rebuilt in 1923 at Mound City, renamed Billy Lepper

Sank on Ouachita River near Monroe, October 1924 and raised

Final Disposition, sank a second time on upper Ouachita at Columbia Saw Mill Landing and high water of 1926 finished her

Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length 65.8'
Beam 14
Hull Depth unknown
Draft 2.5'
Speed unknown
Crew unknown

Propulsion

steam engines(s)

boiler(s)

sternwheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USED Towboat Wave Rock
303020201	85k	USED Wave Rock tied up to the bank of the Ohio River with Survey Quarterboat No. 2 University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Collection	John Spivey
Merchant Service
303020202	66k	Ex-USED Wave Rock underway with a tow while in merchant service as the Towboat *Billy Lepper, circa 1923-1926, location unknown. University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Collection*	John Spivey

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