Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
SAINT LOUIS, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (210 ft. x 37 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1912. Owned by St. Louis & Tennessee River Packet Co., she operated on the Mississippi and Tennessee Rivers. SAINT LOUIS snagged at Sulphur...
Tugboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
SERGEANT FLOYD, a diesel propeller inspection and towboat with steel hull (138 ft. x 30 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1932. Owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, SERGEANT FLOYD operated on the Missouri and upper Mississippi Rivers before...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
GEORGIA LEE, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (210 ft. x 43 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1898. Owned by Lee Line in Memphis, she operated on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers between Memphis and Cincinnati. She was lost in ice at Memphis,...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CITY OF MEMPHIS, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (200 ft. x 36 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard Shipyard in 1898. Owned by St. Louis & Tennessee River Packet Co., she operated on the Mississippi River between St. Louis and Memphis...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
SUNRISE, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (180 ft. x 36 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1897. Owned by Red River Line, she operated on the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Vicksburg. SUNRISE burned at New Orleans, Louisiana on...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
E.R. ANDREWS, a stern-wheel towboat with a composite hull (165 ft. x 32.5 ft. x 5.2 ft.), was built at Howard in 1894. Owned by Campbell's Creek Coal in Cincinnati, she operated on the Kanawha and Ohio Rivers, towing coal to Cincinnati and...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
A.D. ALLEN, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (125 ft. x 23 ft. x 3.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1901. She operated on the Arkansas River initially and, after being sold to U.S. Engineers in 1910, on the upper White River. A.D. ALLEN was...
Ferries; Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
GEORGE W. MILLER, a stern-wheel ferry with steel hull (138 ft. x 32 ft. x 4.9 ft.), was built at Howard in 1926. Owned by Mississippi River Ferry Co. she operated on the Mississippi River at Vicksburg initially. After a bridge was built at...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ARTHUR HIDER, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (163 ft. x 30 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1898. Owned by Mississippi River Commission, the tugboat operated on the lower Mississippi River until 1935 when she was sold to A. O. Kirschner...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CITY OF LOUISVILLE, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (301 ft. x 42.7 ft. x 7 ft.), was built at Howard in 1894. Owned by Louisville & Cincinnati Packet Co., CITY OF LOUISVILLE operated on the Ohio River between Louisville and Cincinnati. She...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
H.ST.L. COPPEE, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (140 ft. x 30 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1904. Owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Vicksburg District, H.ST.L. COPPEE operated on the lower Mississippi River. H.ST.L. COPPEE...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CITY OF MUSKOGEE backing out from Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana on a trial run up the Ohio River. CITY OF MUSKOGEE, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (127.6 ft. x 28.5 ft. x 4.7 ft.), was built at Howard in 1908. Owned by Merchants...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
MORNING STAR, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (225 ft. x 38 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1901. Owned by Louisville & Evansville Packet Co., MORNING STAR operated on the Ohio River between Louisville and Evansville until 1910 when she...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
G.W. THOMAS, a stern-wheel towboat with wood hull (173.5 ft. x 28 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1901. Owned by Peoples Coal Co. in Pittsburgh, she operated on the upper Ohio River. G.W. THOMAS was sold and renamed ALICIA in 1913 and then...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
KENTUCKY (Way #3267), a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (176 ft. x 33 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1904. Owned by St. Louis & Tennessee River Packet Co., KENTUCKY (Way #3267) operated on the Tennessee River. In winter of 1922-23,...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
J.M. WHITE, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (312.7 ft. x 47.9 ft. x 11.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1878. Owned by Greenville & New Orleans Packet Co., J.M. WHITE operated on the lower Mississippi River. The 276th boat built at Howard,...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Boat engines; Launchings; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
GOUVERNEUR, an electric stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (121.9 ft. x 23 ft. x 5 ft.), was built in 1926 at Howard Ship Yard and Dock Company in Jeffersonville.
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ROSE HITE, a sternwheel packet with wood hull (155 ft. x 28 ft. x 4 ft.), was built in 1895 at Howard Ship Yard and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Owned by Louisville & Evansville Packet Co., ROSE HITE operated on the Ohio River...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
BLUFF CITY, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (225 ft. x 42 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1896. Owned by Anchor Line, she operated on the Mississippi River between St. Louis and New Orleans. BLUFF CITY was the last boat, and the only...
Ferries; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE, a side-wheel ferry with wood hull (150 ft. x 34 ft. x 6.3 ft.), was built at Howard in 1891. Owned by Louisville & Jeffersonville Ferry Co., she operated in the Louisville area until she was retired around 1914.