Vicksburg (Towboat, 1921-1954)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Screw propeller
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1921 at Charleston, West Virginia by Ward
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled in 1954
• OWNERS: Inland Waterways Corporation (later Federal Barge Lines)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Elmer C. Good (master, 1933); 1946: Captain Julian Menard (master), A. P. Smith and P. W. Smith (pilots), John Crader and Melvin Barnes (pilots on the Cairo to St. Louis trip), William Buras, Jr. (chief engineer), T. C. Euper and P. J. Berthelet (assistant engineers), Jack Dennie (mate); Captain H. Clay Hamlin (master, 1947); Captain Archie L. Howell (master, 1948); Richard Schickling (pilot, 1948)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T2524; Built in 1921 by Ward and designed by T. Rees Tarn. She took a tow from New Orleans to Chicago, leaving New Orleans on May 31, 1933 with Captain Elmer C. Good in command. She spent most of her time below Cairo. In March, 1946 she arrived in St. Louis for the first time in twelve years, Captain Julian Menard, master. On March 29, 1947 ice on Lake Pepin tore a hole in her hull and Captain H. Clay Hamlin ordered her beached to prevent sinking. On February 11, 1948 she was beached again after knocking a hole in her hull at Peoria, Illinois, Captain Archie L. Howell, master. She was dismantled in 1954