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USED Towboat/Snagboat Arkansas (II)


Stern-wheel Towboat/Snagboat and Buoy Tender:
  • Built in 1940 at Leetsdale, PA., by Bethlehem Steel Co, completed at West Memphis, Hull built by Bethlehem Steel Co,, machinery and cabin placed at West Memphis
  • Launched in 1940, towed to West Memphis for completion
  • Commissioned USED Towboat Arkansas (II) 1940
  • Allocated to the US Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District
  • Decommissioned and retired from Army service in 1966
  • Reconfigured 1975 to serve as a floating restaurant at St. Paul and later at Memphis in 1979
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 288 t.
    Length 177'1"
    Beam 38'6"
    Draft 6'
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Crane unknown
    Propulsion
    one fuel-oil fired Combustion Engineering Co. cross drum marine water tube boiler
    Condensing engines 12’s,28’s-5 ft. stroke, rated at 450 hp at 22 rpm

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    Arkansas (II)
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    67k USED Arkansas (II) underway, date and location unknown
    University of Wisconsin at La Crosse Historic Steamboat Photographs
    John Spivey
    Arkansas (II)
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    45k USED Arkansas (II) underway, date and location unknown
    Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
    John Spivey
    Arkansas (II)
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    123k USACE Arkansas II carrying buoys with her crew on deck while underway on the Mississippi River, circa 1940-1966.
    Photo from www.flickr.com by uofmtiger52
    John Spivey

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