Heloise (Towboat, 1935-1949)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: Decatur, Alabama, 1922 as the Clara Bond
• FORMERLY: Clara Bond
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Retired, 1946
• OWNERS: 1935: C.E. Davis; 1941: Captain Tim Parker
• OFFICERS & CREW: 1935: Captain Fred Paul (master), Albert Gibson (chief engineer); 1941: Captain Tim Parker (master), Roy Herman (pilot), Jimmy Durie (chief engineer), Spurgeon Taylor (2nd engineer)
• RIVERS: Warrior River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1081; C.E. Davis and the Shell Oil Company hauled oil out of Heloise, Tennessee. She was rebuilt in 1941