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USED Snagboat C.W. Howell

Stern-wheel Snagboat:

Built in 1881 at Carondelet, MO.

Launched in 1881

Christened, commissioned and placed in service by the US Army Engineers in 1881

Assigned to the US Army Engineers Vicksburg District

C.W. Howell was designed and built for service on the Red River

Rebuilt in 1920 (140 x 36 x 4.7)

C.W. Howell worked everywhere. She was on the upper Mississippi in 1927 and in March, 1932 she and the USED Control went to Silver City, MS, up the Yazoo, first boat there in many years.

Retired from Army service, circa 1935

Sold to J.M. Jones Lumber Co., Ferriday, LA. in early 1935, renamed SS J.M. Jones

Final Disposition, dismantled in 1947 when a new diesel boat of the same name was built

Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length 165 t.
Beam 36'
Draft 5'
Speed unknown

Complement unknown

Propulsion

reciprocating steam engines 15’s-4 ft. 3 in. stroke

stern-wheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
303203902	113k	USED Snagboat C.W. Howell tied up to the river bank, date and location unknown. University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Historic Steamboat Collection		John Spivey
303203901	61k	USED Snagboat C.W. Howell working on the Yazoo River in 1932 " Of Men and Rivers The Story of the Vicksburg District"		John Spivey

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