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USED Towboat A.D. Allen
Sternwheel Towboat:
Built in 1901 at Howard Shipyard, Jeffersonville, Indiana
Launched in 1901
Delivered to E.H. Botsford and Frank A Morgan of Little Rock, Arkansas in 1901
Rebuilt in 1907
Ran on the Little Rock-Pine Bluff route in 1909
Purchased by the US Army Engineers, in 1910
Christened, commissioned and placed in service in 1910 as USED Towboat A.D. Allen
Assigned to the US Army Engineers Little Rock District
USED Towboat A.D. Allen was employed on the upper White River
Rebuilt in 1914
Retired from US Army service in 1929, possibly later
Final Disposition, fate unknown
Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length 125'
Beam 23'
Hull Depth unknown
Draft 3.5'
Speed unknown
Crew unknown
Propulsion
two boiler(s)
steam engine(s)
sternwheel