| Name: | UNITED STATES |
| Launched: | 1855 |
| Completed: | 1855 |
| Builder: | E Jackson Toward, St Peters, Newcastle |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 235grt, 75nrt, 137.1 x 23.1 x 11.4ft |
| Engines: | 2 x SL1cyl (35 x 72ins), 130nhp |
| Engines by: | JP Almond & Co,North Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 10551 |
| History: | |
| 1855 | Samuel Cearns, W Bowman & J Newton Jr (trading as United Steam Tug Co) |
| 15/01/1856 | Registered at Liverpool |
| 1891 | United Steam Tug Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 09/1894 | Alexandra Towing Co Ltd, Liverpool; renamed BROCKLEBANK |
| 1897 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1897: Broken up at Oglet, Hale, Liverpool |
Above: At Trafford Wharf on the Manchester Ship Canal soon after the wharf opened
Photo is courtesy of Alan Hughes
Above: UNITED STATES (right) with the location recorded as Manchester Docks
Photo is courtesy of John Grainger
Above painting dated 1858. "The Liverpool paddlewheel steam tug United States", by Samuel Walters