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USED Towboat General Gillmore

Sternwheel Towboat:
  • Built in 1883-1884 at Howard Shipyard, Jeffersonville, IN.
  • Launched, 13 April 1883
  • Christened, commissioned and placed in service in 1884 as USED General Gillmore
  • Assigned to the US Engineers St. Louis District
  • USED General Gillmore operated on Mississippi between the Illinois and Ohio Rivers
  • Final Disposition, sank in October 1904 near Fort Chartes, IL, above Ste. Genevieve
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 140'
    Beam 28'
    Hull Depth unknown
    Draft 4'
    Speed unknown
    Crew unknown
    Propulsion
    two reciprocating steam engines, 18's, 5½ stroke
    boiler(s)
    sternwheel
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