Sergeant Floyd (towboat)

Sergeant Floyd
History
United States
Launched1932
Out of service1975
Refit1962-1963
StatusMuseum ship
General characteristics
Displacement306 tons
Length138.4 ft (42.2 m)
Beam30 ft (9.1 m)
Draft3.9 ft (1.2 m) (fully loaded)
Depth5.6 ft (1.7 m)
Sergeant Floyd
Sergeant Floyd (towboat) is located in Iowa
Sergeant Floyd (towboat)
Location1000 Larsen Park Rd.
Sioux City, Iowa
Coordinates42°29′28.2″N 96°25′07″W / 42.491167°N 96.41861°W / 42.491167; -96.41861
Built1932
ArchitectHoward Shipyards, Inc.
NRHP reference No.89001079
Significant dates
Added to NRHP5 May 1989[1]
Designated NHLMay 5, 1989[2]

Sergeant Floyd is a historic museum boat, serving as the Sergeant Floyd River Museum & Welcome Center at 1000 Larsen Park Road in Sioux City, Iowa. Built in 1932 as a utility vehicle and towboat, she is one of a small number of surviving vessels built specifically for the United States Army Corps of Engineers in its management of the nation's inland waterways. The boat has been restored and drydocked, and now houses exhibits about the Missouri River and local tourism information. The museum is a facility of the Sioux City Public Museum.

She was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989.[2][3]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Sergeant Floyd (towboat)". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved October 10, 2007.
  3. ^ Delgado, James P.; Foster, Kevin J. (July 15, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Sergeant Floyd" (pdf). National Park Service. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
    "Accompanying 4 photos, exterior and interior, from 1988" (pdf). National Park Service. Retrieved October 22, 2012.