Destrehan (Towboat, 1922-1941)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1922 at Charleston, West Virginia by Ward
• BECAME: Charles R. Hook (1941)
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Sold and renamed in May 1941
• OWNERS: Pan American Petroleum Company, New Orleans
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Bob Roff (master, 1922); Bernard Chotin (pilot, 1922-24); Roy Jenkins (chief engineer); Wiley McNair (2nd engineer); Captain C. F. Reid (master); Captain W. P. McNair (master, 1926-27); Captain Robert Haynes (master, 1934); Captain Sid Chambers (master, 1935-37); Charles Clay (pilot, 1937)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River; Ohio River; Wood River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T0594; Towed gasoline from New Orleans to Pittsburgh in spring 1934 with Captain Haynes, one of the first pioneers in this long-trade delivery. In 1937, the Destrehan was towing Wood River, Illinois-New Orleans