Photograph of the towboat DEL COMMUNE. In the lower right corner of photograph are the words,“St. Louis MO. Engineer District Floating Plant / Tow Boat Del Commune Broadside View / MAR 28, 1938 / 3377."
The Del Commune is a twin-propellor, steel hull towboat built at Dubuque, Iowa in 1937 by the Dubuque Boat and Boiler Company. Her dimensions are:- 160 x 36 x 8 feet. She has 2 Fairbanks-Morse engines, Model 37; 6-cylinder, 2-cycle, solid injection; 500 horse power each. Her propellors are Kahlenberg, variable pitch. She is owned and operated by the U. S. Engineers, St. Louis, Missouri. This boat
