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USED Towboat Osage
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 USED Towboat Col. H.M. Roberts (1897 - 1908)

Sternwheel Towboat:
  • Built in 1897 by US Engineering Department at Great Falls, MT.
  • Launched in 1897
  • Christened, commissioned and placed in service in 1897 by the U.S. Engineering Department as USED Col. H.M. Roberts
  • Assigned to the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Great Falls District
  • USED Col. H.M. Roberts worked on the Missouri River
  • Reassigned to the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers District Sioux City, IA. in 1906
  • Reassigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District, date unknown
  • Renamed USED Osage in 1908
  • Reassigned in to U.S. Army Engineers Kansas City District
  • USED Osage worked on the Missouri Rier and Osage River
  • Rebuilt in 1913
  • Retired from US Army service, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 60'
    Beam 14'
    Hull Depth unknown
    Draft 2.6'
    Speed unknown
    Crew unknown
    Propulsion
    reciprocating steam engine(s)
    boiler(s)
    sternwheel
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    USED Towboat Col. H.M. Roberts
    Col. H.H. Roberts
    303013701    		 53k USED Towboats Col. H.M. Roberts tied up to a river bank, date and location unknown
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Photograph Collection    		 John Spivey
    Col. H.H. Roberts
    303013704    		 82k
    USED Towboat Osage
    Osage
    303013702    		 67k USED Towboats Osage tied up to a river bank, date and location unknown
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Photograph Collection    		 John Spivey
    Osage
    303013703    		 87k USED Osage tied up to a riverbank with crew on deck, date and location unknown.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Collection    		 John Spivey
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