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USED Towboat Scott

Sternwheel Towboat:

Built in 1930 for the US Army Corps of Engineers, at Charles Ward Engineering, Charleston, WV.

Launched in 1930

Delivered to the US Army Engineers, in 1930

Christened commissioned and and put into service as USED Towboat Scott in 1930

Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District

USED Towboat Scott served on the Ohio River

Retired in 1973

Sold in in 1973, renamed Robin D. Too

Sold in 1975, renamed P.A. Denny cruised on the Kanawha River

In 2004-2010 Served as a school ship at Cincinnati, OH. operated by the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission's educational foundation

Sold in October 2010 moved to Parkrsburg, WV

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 120t.
Length 110'
Beam 20'
Hull Depth unknown
Draft 5'
Speed unknown
Crew unknown

Propulsion dd>Electric engine(s)

Sternwheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USED Scott
303004404	135k	Towboat Scott and Towboat Fort Armstrong under construction, 1 November 1930, at Charles Ward Engineering, Charleston, WV. Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen, riverhistory.org	John Spivey
303004402	52k	USED Towboat Scott underway near Eddyville, KY., 27 January 1937 US Army Corps of Engineers Digitial Library	John Spivey
303004403	41k	USED Towboat Scott underway with tow, circa 1941, location unknown University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Historic Steamboat Collection	John Spivey
303004401	104k	USED Towboat Scott moored pierside, circa 1940s, location unknown Dave Thomson Collection at Steamboats.com	John Spivey
Merchant Service
303004405	186k	*P.A. Denny* participating in the 2017 Ohio River Steamwheeler Races, Marietta, OH., 10 September 2017 ©Aparkswv, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons	John Spivey

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