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USED Towboat / Snagboat Mixson
ex
 USED Towboat Georgia (1925 - ?)

Stern-wheel Towboat:
  • Built in 1925 At Charleston Dry Dock and Machine Co., Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched in 1925
  • Acquired by the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1925
  • Christened, Commissioned in 1925 and put into service by the US Army Corps of Engineers as the towboat USED Georgia
  • Renamed USED Mixson, date unknown
  • Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District
  • Retired from Army service, date unknown, Mixson was the last steamboat in service for the US Engineering Department
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 275 t.
    Length 153'
    Beam 38'
    Hull Depth unknown
    Draft 7'
    Speed unknown
    Crew Accommodations unknown
    Propulsion
    coal-fired boiler
    reciprocating steam engine
    stern-wheel
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    Mixson
    303008501    		 235k US Army Corps of Engineers Towboat USED Mixson underway while in the lock on the Warrior River in 1962.
    University of Missouri-St. Louis Digital Library    		 John Spivey
    Mixson
    303008502    		 61k US Army Corps of Engineers Towboat USED Mixson underway, near Demopilis, AL. in December 1949. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library
    Mixson
    303008503    		 63k US Army Corps of Engineers Towboat USED Mixson working as a snagboat pulling snags, date and location unknown. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library
    Mixson
    303008504    		 59k US Army Corps of Engineers Towboat USED Mixson underway in 1957, location unknown.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Collection    		 John Spivey
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