Ohio (Towboat, 1930-1962)

Date

• 1953

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Screw propeller
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1930 at Neville Island, Pennsylvania by Dravo
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled in 1962
• OWNERS: Mississippi Valley Barge Line Company
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Harry Reardon (master, 1939); Eugene W. Barr (chief engineer, 1939); Victor O'Brien (2nd engineer, 1939); Captain C.W. Clay (master, 1942); John A. Hottell (pilot, 1942); Captain Robert Haynes (master, after 1942)
• RIVERS: Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1948; On February 2, 1939 she was struck by the tanker Esso Belgium at Reserve, Louisiana. In April 1942 she was one of the first boats through Hardin Cutoff. In the mid-1980s, she apparently served as a landing boat near St. Paul, Minnesota