Gona (Towboat, 1944-1965)

Date

• September 16, 1961

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Propeller
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: St. Louis, Missouri, 1944, by St. Louis Shipbuilding and Steel Company
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Decommissioned 1965
• OWNERS: Inland Waterways Corporation (leased during World War II); Hennepin Towing Company, Minneapolis (1947); Mississippi Valley Barge (July 1953); Ohio Barge Line Company (September 15, 1955)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Paul T. Rose (master)
• RIVERS: Wood River; Mississippi River; Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T0960; In 1948 she had a whistle composed of whistles from the dredge McGregor and the dredge Fort Gage. The roof bell came from the ferry Julius Walsh
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: In dry dock at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, September 16, 1961