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USED Towboat Osceola

Sternwheel Towboat:

Built in 1923 as Viola Puckett, at Jenerette, LA.

Launched in 1923

Acquired by the US Army Engineers, in 1925

Christened, commissioned, renamed and and put into service as USED Towboat Osceola in 1925

Osceola was assigned to the US Army Corp of Engineers Memphis District

Retired from US Army service, date unknown

Final Disposition, sold in 1944 to Kosmos Towing Co. and dismantled becoming as pump boat

Specifications:
Displacement 157 t.
Length 118'
Beam 22'
Hull Depth unknown
Draft 3'
Speed unknown
Crew unknown
Fuel Oil Capacity unknown
Potable Water unknown

Propulsion

reciprocating steam engine(s)

boiler(s)

sternwheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Merchant Service
303009603	145k	Towboat *Viola Puckett* tied up to a riverbank, circa 1923-1924, location unknown. Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library	John Spivey
USED Osceola
303009601	73k	USED Towboat Osceola underway with a tow, date and location unknown University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat gallery	John Spivey
303009602	45k	USED Towboat Osceola underway, date and location unknown University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat collection	John Spivey

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