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USED Towboat William R. King

Sternwheel Towboat:

Built in 1899 at Howard Shipyard, Jeffersonville, IN.

Launched in 1899

Christened, commissioned and placed in service in 1899 as USED Towboat William R. King

Assigned to the US Army Engineers St. Louis District

USED William R. King worked on the Mississippi River

Chartered in 1927 by the Philadelphia and Cleveland Coal Co. to tow coal between Cairo and St. Louis. On her first trip she burned boilers and and was returned

Retired from US Army service, circa 1930

Sold circa 1930 to Patton Tully Co. Memphis, TN., renamed Charles Norvell. used as a quarterboat into 1932

Final Disposition, dismantled at Memphis in 1936.

Specifications:
Displacement 840 t.
Length 190'
Beam unknown
Hull Depth unknown
Draft 5.6'
Speed unknown
Crew unknown
Propulsion steam
sternwheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
303020301	102k	USED William R. King tied up to a riverbank, date and location unknown University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Collection		John Spivey

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