Bayou Teche was built in 1918, by the Jahneck Shipbuilding Corporation along the Tchefuncte River in Madisonville, Louisiana. It was a Ferris-type wooden hulled cargo steamship built for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) as part of the large war effort of World War I. Following its launching, Bayou Teche made voyages to Havana, Cuba; Galveston, Texas; and Bordeaux, France. But with the end of the war and a reduction of need for cargo vessels for military and commercial use, Bayou Teche, along with many of the USSB wooden cargo vessels, went out of service. On July 10, 1920, Bayou Teche along with 14 other USSB vessels, including Afrania, were ordered out of service and to be tied up to docks near Norfolk, Virginia. Ultimately, Bayou Teche was transferred to Mallows Bay, Maryland, for salvage and the hull has been in its present location since at least 1929. Bayou Teche now sits within Mallows Bay - Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary. Model by Allyson Ropp/NOAA.
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