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USED Snagboat A.H. Sevier
ex
 USED Snagboat No. 4

Twin hull Snagboat:
  • Built circa 1840s, location unknown
  • Launched, circa 1840s
  • Purchased by the US Engineers, date unknown
  • Commission USED Snagboat No.4, date unknown
  • Name changed to A.H. Sevier, date unknown
  • Worked under the direction of the Superintendent of Western Rivers Improvements, within the War Department during the 1840s
  • Decommissioned and auctioned off in July 1855 at St. Louis
  • Chartered in November 1855 for $50 a day by the US Government
  • A.H. Sevier continued to work on the Mississippi between the mouth of the Missouri River to a point 18 miles south of Vicksburg
  • Charter terminated, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length each hull 150'
    Breadth each hull 22'
    Gap Between Hulls 12'
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Compliment unknown
    Propulsion
    two boilers
    two steam engines
    two sidewheels
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    A.H. Sevier
    303206401    		 153k Artist drawing of USED Snagboat A.H. Sevier underway, date unknown
    National Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution    		 John Spivey
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