Vicksburg (Packet, 1902-1903)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1890 at Jeffersonville, Indiana, Howard Shipyards, originally named Ouachita; later named Fred A. Blanks, then renamed Vicksburg in 1902
• FORMERLY: Ouachita; Fred A. Blanks
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Sank at Memphis in June 1903
• OWNERS: Captain E. W. B. Nowland
• RIVERS: Mississippi River; Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 5561; Originally named Ouachita, then Fred A. Blanks; renamed Vicksburg by Captain E. W. B. Nowland when he bought her for the Memphis-Vicksburg trade. In June 1903 she was laid up at South Memphis below Trainor Avenue and sank during the night, taking a list of 45 degrees, and was lost. Her cabin went to the Nettie Johnson
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Sunk