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USED Towboat Guyandot

Sternwheel Towboat:

Laid down 1913 as the towboat Guyandot at Toleto Shipbuilding Co., Toleto, OH.

Launched in 1913

Delivered in 1913 US Army Corps of Engineers

Christened, commissioned and placed in service in 1913 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as USED Towboat Guyandot

Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Cincinnati District

Re-assigned in 1932 to the US Army Corps of Engineers St.Louis District

Retired from US Army service in 1937

Sold at public auction, 23 December 1937, to CAPT. Joseph Chotin

Re-sold in 1938, renamed C.S. Williams

Knocked down and shipped to France in 1944

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 230 gross tons
Length 157'
Beam 31'6"
Hull Depth unknown
Draft 4'2"
Speed unknown
Crew unknown
Propulsion steam

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
09201605	172k	*Namesake* Guyandot The Guyandotte River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 166 miles long, in southwestern West Virginia. It was named after the French term for the Wendat Native Americans. It drains an area of the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau south of the Ohio between the watersheds of the Kanawha River to the northeast and Twelvepole Creek and the Big Sandy River to the southwest. Via the Ohio River, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. Wikipedia Photo Post card image of log rafts on the Guyandotte River at Huntington, W.VA., date unknown, E-Bay. Map Guyandotte River watershed showing the Guyandotte and Mud rivers. Kmusser - Self-made, based on USGS data. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 Generic"	Tommy Trampp
303011203	326k	Inboard to Outboard: USED Towboat Guyandot; USED Towboat Miami and USED Towboat Scioto at Cincinatti, OH. in 1913 , while under construction by the Charles Barnes Co. University of Wisconsin-Madison Steamboat Collection	Tommy Trampp
303018302	254k	USED Towboat Guyandot moored forward of USED Towboat Miami and to starboard of USED Towboat Scioto at Cincinatti, OH. in 1916. University of Wisconsin-Madison Steamboat Collection	Tommy Trampp
303011201	61k	USED Towboat Guyandot underway. date and location unknown. University of Wisconsin Madison Digital Library LaCrosse steamboat gallery	John Spivey
303011202	78k	USED Towboat Guyandot tied up alongside a river bank, date and location unknown. University of Wisconsin Madison Digital Library LaCrosse steamboat gallery	John Spivey
303011206	152k	USED Towboat Guyandot tied up to the bank of the Ohio River in 1920, location unknown. Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library	John Spivey

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