Steve Click, Jr. (Towboat, 1934-1947)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Twin propeller
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: Charleston, West Virginia by Ward, 1903, as the James Rumsey; renamed Steve Click, Jr. when sold late in 1934
• FORMERLY: James Rumsey
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Sank at Helena, Arkansas, July 3, 1947
• OWNERS: Louisville Sand and Gravel Company; Jesse L. Cooper (June, 1946)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Harry Voight (pilot, May 1935); Elmer Broadway (pilot); Sam Felts (pilot); Larry Leek (mate); Captain C. C. Ashcraft (master, 1939); J. H. Campbell (chief engineer, 1939)
• RIVERS: Cumberland River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T2347; USE at Huntington owned her under the name James Rumsey; renamed when sold to Louisville Sand & Gravel, late in 1934. In May, 1935 she made a trip up the Cumberland to Carthage, Tennessee, under the management of Harry Voight. Elmer Broadway piloted her to Paducah, and Sam Felts piloted her to Carthage and back. Chief engineer J. H. Campbell died while on watch, December 1939; he had served on the Louisville-Jeffersonville ferries for many years and was 68. In September, 1936 the Steve Click, Jr. sank in the canal at 12th Street, Louisville and was raised three weeks later. She was sold in June, 1946 to Jesse L. Cooper and sank at Helena, Arkansas on July 3, 1947, and was lost
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Docked near bridge