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USED Towboat Gillette

Sternwheel Towboat:

Built in 1926 at Nashville Bridge, Nashville, TN.

Launched in 1926

Christened, commissioned and placed in service in 1926 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as USED Towboat Gillette

Assigned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District

Retired from US Army service, date unknown

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 107t.
Length 80'
Beam unknown
Hull Depth unknown
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Crew unknown

Propulsion diesel-electric

sternwheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
303015202	119k	USED Towboat Gillette tied up alongside a barge, date and location unknown. University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Historic Steamboat Collection		John Spivey
303015201	101k	USED Towboat Gillette tied up to a river bank, date and location unknown University of West Virginia West Virginia and Regional History Center		John Spivey

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