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Casablanca

Towboat:

Laid down in 1944 for the Defense Plant Corp (DPC 616) by St. Louis Shipbuilding & Steel, St. Louis, MO.

Launched in 1944

Accepted by the Defense Plant Corp. in October 1944

Leased to Inland Waterways Corporation for the duration of World War II

Chartered and then sold in May 1946 to American Commercial Barge Line Co., Jeffersonville, IN.

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
1018146604	58k	*Namesake* Casablanca - The Naval Battle of Casablanca was a series of naval engagements fought between American ships covering the invasion of North Africa and Vichy French ships defending the neutrality of French Morocco in accordance with the Second Armistice at Compiègne during World War II.[1] The last stages of the battle consisted of operations by German U-boats which had reached the area the same day the French troops surrendered. (Wikipedia)	Tommy Trampp
303021901	67k	Overhead/stern view of *Casablanca* underway with barge tow, date and location unknown University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Historic Steamboat Photographs	John Spivey
303021903	122k	*Casablanca* underway with barge tow, date and location unknown Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library	John Spivey

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