Greenbrier (Lighthouse tender, 1925-?)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Lighthouse tender
• BUILT: Charleston, West Virginia by Charles Ward Engineering Works, 1924
• OWNERS: U.S. Lighthouse Service (1925-1939); U. S. Coast Guard (July 1, 1939-September 1, 1947); H. Lee and H. E. Rosher; Charles G. Smith Company (March 1948)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Leslie Hill (master, 1924-spring 1938); Captain Arthur J. Schletker (master, 1938)
• RIVERS: Ohio River; Tennessee River; Kanawha River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2444; Greenbrier tended the government lights on the Ohio River and tributaries. In 1929 when there was a celebration of the Ohio River locks and dams, she carried U. S. President Herbert Hoover from Cincinnati to Louisville. In 1939 she became a U. S. Coast Guard boat and in World War II she had an anti-aircraft gun mounted on the roof. Greenbrier ended her career as a landing boat on the Intracoastal Canal
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Automobiles on shore