Gregory (Towboat, 1910-1925)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: Jeffersonville, Indiana
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Sank near Owensboro, Kentucky, 1925
• OWNERS: U.S. Corps of Engineers
• OFFICERS & CREW: 1917: Captain W. M. Pryor (master), Allen B. Woods (pilot), Harry H. Pullem (chief engineer); Captain M. N. Mullen (master)
• RIVERS: Kentucky River; Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T0982; Belonged to U. S. Corps of Engineers near Louisville, Kentucky; took four barges of coal from Beattyville to Carrollton down Kentucky River in a single tow, April, 1917; Captain W. M. Pryor, master. Captain M. N. Mullen was master later. She sank near Owensboro, Kentucky, January 10, 1925, while working on Dam 46, Ohio River. The crew had to swim for it in an icy river