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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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
303203301	67k	USED Arkansas (II) underway, date and location unknown University of Wisconsin at La Crosse Historic Steamboat Photographs	John Spivey
303203302	45k	USED Arkansas (II) underway, date and location unknown Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County	John Spivey
303203303	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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