Floyd H. Blaske (Towboat, 1931-1940)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1931 at Alton, Illinois
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned October 27, 1940 at Alton in a flash fire thought to have originated from gas fumes
• OWNERS: Captain Hugh C. Blaske, Alton, Illinois
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Roy A. Miller (master; circa 1935); Captain Albert J. Wilcox (master); Harry J. Wilcox (pilot); Captain James O. Tayon (master, 1940); Joseph C. Lloyd (pilot, 1940); Hermann W. Merritt (chief engineer, 1940); George Yates (2nd engineer, 1940); Winton F. Dryden (chief engineer, 1940)
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T0819; Her engines came from the Jefferson. The Memphis Packet Company had her chartered towing cotton in 1932. In 1940, she towed coal upstream from Alton to Linwood, Iowa