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USED Dredge / Snagboat Montana

Packet / Dredge/ Snagboat:

Built in 1864 at Shousetown, PA.

Launched, date unknown

Christened, commissioned and placed in service by the US Army Corp of Engineers, as USED Dredge Montana, date unknown

Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District

Montana served on both the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers

Decommissioned and retired from Army service, circa 1879

Final Disposition, dismantled in 1879 at La Crosse, WI., parts used to build USED Snagboat General Barnard.

Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length unknown
Beam unknown
Depth of Hull unknown
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Range unknown
Complement unknown
Machinery unknown

Propulsion

steam engine

two sidewheels

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
302619901	74k	USED Dredge Montana dredging at St. Paul, MN., 31 August 1868 US Army Corp of Engineers Digital Database
302619902	109k	USED Dredge Montana tied up to a riverbank, date and location unknown. University of Wisconsin-Madison Historic Steamboat Photograph Collection		John Spivey

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