Leviathan (Packet, 1864-1866)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1864 at New Albany, Indiana
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned at St. Louis on February 26, 1866
• OWNERS: Atlantic and Mississippi Steamship Company
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Ambrose Reader; Captain George Pegram; Captain John W. Carroll (master); J.H. Hogue (clerk)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 3432; First home port: New Albany, Indiana. She ran St. Louis-New Orleans. She wasn't noted for her speed but was popular with shippers and passengers nonetheless. She burned at St. Louis along with the Luna and the Dictator. Her hull was converted into a large wharfboat for the Eagle Packet Company at St. Louis and was used as such until it was destroyed by ice in 1910
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: An ad for the Leviathan when owned by the Atlantic and Mississippi Steamship Company