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USED H.D. Munson

Sternwheel Steam Packet
  • Built in 1895 at Marietta, OH.
  • Launched in 1895
  • Purchased by the Mississippi River Commission at Evansvlle, IN. in 1895, renamed H.D. Munson
  • Acquired by US Army Engineers, St. Louis in 1906
  • Reassigned to US Army Engineers, Memphis in 1917
  • Sold in 1923, renamed, taken to Panuco River, Mexico
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
  • Displacement, unknown
  • Length 120'5"
  • Beam 22'2"
  • Draft 4'0"
  • Speed unknown
  • Complement unknown
  • Armament: unknown
  • Propulsion:
    boiler(s)
    one steam engine
    sternwheel
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    H.D Munson
    301311601    		 172k H.D. Munson tied up along the riverbank at Memphis, TN.in 1901.
    Way’s Towboat Directory (T2286)     		John Spivey
    H.D Munson
    301311602    		 156k H.D. Munson underway with tow, date and location unknown.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison Historical Steamboat Collection     		John Spivey
    H.D Munson
    301311603    		 89k H.D. Munson tied up to a riverbank, date and location unknown.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison Historical Steamboat Collection     		John Spivey
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