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M/V Mississippi is a United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)

towboat operating on the Mississippi River.

It is the largest diesel towboat on the river.

M/V Mississippi is a working towboat for the USACE Memphis District of the Mississippi

Valley Division. Ninety percent of the time it is moving barges, equipment and supplies in
support of mat sinking operations. It also serves as an inspection boat for the Mississippi

River Commission (MRC) during a high- and low-water inspection trip each year.
Commissioners hold meetings at river towns in the boat's hearing room, which can seat 115

people. Its dining room has a capacity of 85 people. The boat has 22 staterooms and can
handle 150 passengers. The Corps also uses it as a "giant floating ambassador".

During the Hurricane Katrina crisis, Mississippi was moved to Vicksburg, Mississippi and used
as a floating command center. (courtesy Wikipedia)