Yocona (Towboat, 1919-1947)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1919 at Dubuque, Iowa by the Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled at Memphis in 1947
• OWNERS: U.S. Coast Guard; Patton-Tully Transportation Company (1926)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Thomas J. Quinn (master, 1926-1940); L.L. Miller (engineer 1926); Hugh T. Crouse (pilot, 1940)
• RIVERS: Cumberland River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T2706; Built as a flood relief boat for the U.S. Coast Guard. She was a sister boat to the Kankakee. In 1925 the Yocona was partially destroyed by fire and in April 1926 was sold to Patton-Tully Transportation. She did a lot of work for Standard Oil of Louisiana, towing from Baton Rouge to Nashville, Tennessee. In April 1938 when downbound with four empties, she sank near Lock C at Eddyville, Kentucky on the Cumberland River. She was repaired at Paducah. She sank again near the same location in July 1939. Dismantled at Memphis in 1947