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Guadalcanal

Towboat:
  • Built in 1944 for the Defense Plant Corp (DPC 605) by Jeffersonville Boat and Machine, Jeffersonville, IN.
  • Launched in 1944
  • Possibly completed at Marrietta Manufacturing Co., Marrietta, W,VA., 10 March 1944
  • Leased by Inland waterways Corporation to Mississippi Valley Barge Line for the duration of Wold War II
  • Sold in 1947 to American Commercial Barge Line
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1016 t.
    Length 180'
    Beam 52'
    Hull Depth unknown
    Draft 11'
    Speed unknown
    Crew unknown
    Propulsion
    two reciprocating steam engines
    two propellers
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    Guadalcanal
    303020801    		 58k Guadalcanal underway, date and location unknown (Photo caption indicates location Marrietta OH., 10 March 1944)
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Historic Steamboat Photographs    		 John Spivey
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