Wm. Larimer Jones (Towboat, 1930-1953)

Date

• 1938

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1930 at Jeffersonville, Indiana by Howard Ship Yard
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled and sold for scrap in 1953
• OWNERS: Jones and Laughlin Steel Company
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain James Cypher (master)
• RIVERS: Ohio River; Tennessee River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T2671; Home port or owner's residence in 1929, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was a duplicate of the Titan. Named for William Larimer Jones, president of Jones and Laughlin Steel Company. This boat had no pilot wheel and was steered with levers, a first among boats of that time
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The Wm. Larimer Jones and the Homestead engaged in a race in 1938