Midway Islands (Towboat, 1944-1946)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Screw propeller
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1944, Ironton, Ohio by Mt. Vernon Bridge Company
• BECAME: Sohio Southern in 1946
• OWNERS: 1944: Defense Plant Corporation
• OFFICERS & CREW: 1944: Captain Robert Smith (master), James Allen, Jr. (pilot), Albert O. Pottshard, Ben Miller and L. Austin (engineers), Eugene Grannemann (mate), James Smith (steward)
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1807; Owned by the Defense Plant Corporation, she was chartered by Inland Waterways Corporation to Ashland Oil & Refining Company during WWII. She was sold to Sohio Petroleum Company who renamed her Sohio Southern in 1946