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USED Towboat Saturn

International Radio Call Sign:
Whiskey - Yankee - Charlie - Delta
WYCD

Sternwheel Towboat:

Built in 1912 at Howard Shipyard, Jeffersonville, IN. for $17,175

Launched in 1912

Christened, commissioned and placed in service in 1912 as USED Towboat Saturn

Assigned to the US Engineers St. Louis District

Reassigned in 1920 to the US Army Engineers Mississippi River Dredging District

Reassigned in 1923 to the West Memphis, Arkansas District

Retired from US Army service in 1944

Sold at public auction to Charles Zubik

Final Disposition, dismantled, her hull was sold to the American Steel and Wire Co.

Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length 118'
Beam 20'
Hull Depth unknown
Draft 4.5'
Speed unknown
Crew unknown

Propulsion

boilers(s)

steam engine(s)

sternwheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
303032001	49k	USED Towboat Saturn underway, date and location unknown University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Historical Steamboat Collection

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