Sergeant Floyd (towboat)
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| Career | |
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| Launched: | 1932 |
| Status: | Museum ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 306 tons |
| Length: | 138.4 ft (42.2 m) |
| Beam: | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
| Draft: | 3.9 ft (1.2 m) (fully loaded) |
| Depth: | 5.6 ft (1.7 m) |
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Sergeant Floyd | |
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| Location | Missouri River Mile Marker 730, Sioux City, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42°29′29″N 96°25′07″W / 42.49139°N 96.41861°WCoordinates: 42°29′29″N 96°25′07″W / 42.49139°N 96.41861°W |
| Built | 1932 |
| Architect | Howard Shipyards,Inc. |
| Governing body | Local |
| NRHP Reference # | 89001079 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | 5 May 1989[1] |
| Designated NHL | May 5, 1989[2] |
Sergeant Floyd is a towboat in Sioux City, Iowa. She is "[o]ne of only a handful of surviving US Army Corps of Engineers vessels".[2]
She was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989.[2][3]
The boat has been restored and drydocked, and now serves as the Sergeant Floyd River Museum and Welcome Center, with exhibits about the Missouri River and local tourism information.
See also
- Baltimore (tug), a similar vessel for the city of Baltimore, also a National Historic Landmark
- List of U.S. National Historic Landmark ships, shipwrecks, and shipyards
References
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Sergeant Floyd (towboat)". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. Retrieved 2007-10-10.
- ↑ Delgado, James P.; Foster, Kevin J. (15 July 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Sergeant Floyd" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
"Accompanying 4 photos, exterior and interior, from 1988" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
External links
- Sergeant Floyd River Museum and Welcome Center - Sioux City Public Museum
- Sergeant Floyd National Historic Landmark Study
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