Jayhawker (Towboat, 1930?-1939)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1923 at Parkersburg, West Virginia
• FORMERLY: Ben Franklin No. 2 (1923)
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Sank on January 25, 1939 and was lost
• OWNERS: Tennessee Valley Sand and Gravel Company
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain F.G. Voight (master, 1936); Tom Utter (pilot, 1936); J.B. Carroll (chief engineer, 1936); Herb Lassiter (2nd engineer, 1936); J. Red Brewer (steward, 1936)
• RIVERS: Tennessee River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1348; On September 11, 1936 she sank in 10 feet of water in Sheffield Chute on the Tennessee River, having gotten out on one of the old walls after the Pickwick pool was filled. She was raised on September 19, 1936. In January 1938, she was stranded above Chattanooga halfway between the Southern bridge and Chickamauga Dam and looked like she might break in two, but was rescued
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Pushing a tow