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USED Towboat Sequoyah

Sternwheel Towboat:
  • Built in 1925 at Howard's Shipyard, Jeffersonville, IN. for the US Army Engineers
  • Launched in 1925
  • Christened, commissioned and placed in service in 1925 as USED Towboat Sequoyah
  • Assigned to the US Army Engineers Memphis District
  • USAT Sequoyah worked on the Illinois River
  • Retired from US Army service in 1946
  • Sold at public auction in 1946 to Missouri Dredging Co.
  • Final Disposition, dismantled in 1948
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 100'
    Beam 24'
    Hull Depth unknown
    Draft 4.3'
    Speed unknown
    Crew unknown
    Propulsion
    two steam engines, 12 ½’s-5 ft. stroke, rated 250 hp
    two water tube boilers
    sternwheel
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    Sequoyah
    303030103    		 120k USED Sequoyah tied up at Howard's Shipyard, Jeffersonville, IN., 1925.
    US Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library    		 John Spivey
    Sequoyah
    303030101    		 66k USED Sequoyah underway with a tow, date and location unknown
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Historical Steamboat Collection    		 John Spivey
    Sequoyah
    303030102    		 139k USED Sequoyah underway with a tow, date and location unknown
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Historical Steamboat Collection    		 John Spivey
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