FINAL DISPOSITION: Sank March 4, 1948 at the Greenville bridge
OWNERS: Federal Barge Lines
OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Cassius C. Woods (master); 1925: Captain Charles E. Moore (master), Bernard Chotin and C.S. Wilkins (pilots), W.L. Craig (chief engineer); ca. 1920s: Captain Tom Ledger and Captain Billy R. Smith (masters); ca. 1930s: Captain Bob Manning (master); 1945: Wilson H. Bragg (chief engineer); 1948: Captain James F. Browinski, Keith A. Montgomery (chief engineer), Charles Jarvis (2nd engineer), Walter I. Hass (pilot)
RIVERS: Mississippi River
OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1890; On August 15, 1945, eight miles above New Madrid, Missouri chief engineer Wilson H. Bragg fell overboard and was drowned. The Natchez struck a pier of the Greenville bridge on March 4, 1948, rolled over and sank with a loss of 14 lives. Among those lost were: Captain James F. Browinski, Keith A. Montgomery (chief engineer) and Charles Jarvis (2nd engineer). The Sohio Latonia commanded by Captain William A. Powell rendered aid. The wreck was not recovered
PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Right to left: Natchez; Demopolis; Choctaw; Montgomery at the waterfront in Cairo, Illinois