John N. Macomb (Snagboat, 1874-1934?)

Date

• May 16, 1925

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Snagboat
• BUILT: 1874, Covington, Kentucky
• OWNERS: U. S. Engineering, St. Louis District
• OFFICERS & CREW: ca. 1894: Captain Aleck Stewart (master), Joe Bryan (pilot); 1914: Captain Robert L. Gaines (pilot), Lute Brashear (pilot)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River; Atchafalaya River; Old River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1279 (under the name J.N. Mccomb); Prior to the 1920s she spent her career operating on the Mississippi below the mouth of the Missouri River. After 1920's she was working in the Mississippi, Atchafalaya and Old Rivers, while still assigned to the St. Louis District. She was in service in 1930 and perhaps later