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USED Towboat Venus

Sternwheel Towboat:

Built in 1899 at Howard Shipyard, Jeffersonville, IN. for the Mississippi River Commission

Launched, in 1899

Delivered to the US Army Engineers in May 1899

Transferred to US Army Engineers in 1905

Christened, commissioned and placed in service as USED Towboat Venus in 1905

Assigned to the US Army Engineers St. Louis District

Retired from US Army service, date unknown

Advertised for sale in January 1927

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 83 t.
Length 80'
Beam 17'
Hull Depth unknown
Draft 3.8'
Speed unknown
Crew unknown

Propulsion

steam engine(s), 8 Ľ’s 4 ft. stroke

boiler(s)

sternwheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
303018101	98k	USED Towboats Venus, *Mars* and *Mercury* moored at Howard Shipyard, Jeffersonville, IN., 30 April 1899 University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat gallery		John Spivey

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