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USED Towboat General T.L. Casey
Sternwheel Towboat:
Built in 1893 for the U.S. Army Engineers
Launched in 1893
Christened, commissioned and placed in service in 1893 as USED Towboat General T.L. Casey
Assigned to the US Army Engineers St. Louis District
Retired from US Army service in 1907
Sold to the Mississippi River Commission in 1907
Final Disposition, sank in 1910 at the mouth of the Red River in Louisiana while on a survey expedition for the Commission
Specifications:
Displacement 125 t.
Length 143'
Beam 28'
Hull Depth unknown
Draft 4'
Speed unknown
Crew unknown
Propulsion
boilers(s)
steam engine(s)
sternwheel