page_title: MV Mississippi
section_title: Mississippi IV
hierarchical_section_title: MV Mississippi / Predecessors / Mississippi IV
caption_attribution_description: English: KUTTAWA, KY – The Motor Vessel MISSISSIPPI locks through the Kentucky Lock from Paducah to pick up members of the Mississippi River Commission and guests, Aug., 11 after touring the Barkley Power Plant and the Kentucky Lock Project. The Mississippi River Commission is conducting the Nashville District portion of its Annual Low-Water Inspection Trip on the Mississippi River and August 11-12, 2011. Public meetings have been scheduled aboard the Motor Vessel MISSISSIPPI in selected towns along the river so commission members have the opportunity to meet with local residents and hear their concerns, ideas and studying impacts from flooding during 2011. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Mark Rankin)
context_page_description: M/V Mississippi is a United States Army Corps of Engineers towboat operating on the Mississippi River. It is the largest diesel towboat on the river.
context_section_description: Motor Vessel Mississippi was a diesel-powered vessel with an all-steel superstructure.  Powered by two 8-cylinder engines, for a total of 3720 horsepower, for extra maneuverability it used controllable pitch propellers which allowed it to generate a reverse thrust of over 70% in the forward direction.  The four levels on the superstructure were the main deckhouse, second deckhouse, Texas deckhouse, and the pilothouse.  It served as a towboat and inspection vessel until decommissioned in 1993.  On September 26, 2007 it was moved to its permanent location on land at the Lower Mississippi River Museum in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
caption: Mississippi in the Kentucky Lock on the Tennessee River, August 11, 2011
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