Captain John (Ferry, ?-1937)

Date

• January 1937

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Ferry
• BUILT: 1896 as the Nina Paden at Marietta, Ohio, then later renamed City of Ashland
• FORMERLY: 1896: Nina Paden; Later: City of Ashland
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Struck a log and sank on January 21, 1937
• OWNERS: Captain John F. Davis
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain John F. Davis
• RIVERS: Ohio River; Scioto River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 0841; She took on the name Captain John after the bridge was built at Ashland, Kentucky and she was sold to Captain John F. Davis. She ran ferry service between Portsmouth and West Portsmouth, Ohio across the Scioto River bottoms. On January 21, 1937, she struck a log and sank in the backwater during the 1937 flood near Portsmouth
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Captain John after sinking in the backwater of the Scioto River near Portsmouth, Ohio during the flood of 1937