Captain Alphin (Towboat, 1937-1948)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1937 at Nashville, Tennessee completed at Paducah
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Sold to Ryan Stevedoring Company in 1948 and dismantled
• OWNERS: Captain George E. Roper (1937); River Terminals Company, Harvey, Louisiana; Ryan Stevedoring Company (1948)
• OFFICERS & CREW: 1937: Captain N.M. Ferrell (master), E.S. Gilmore and Paul Lemke (pilots), James Brown (chief engineer); 1940: Captain J.B. Chauvin (master); 1945: Captain R.W. Duke (skipper)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River; Ouachita River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T0340; Originally built for the New Orleans-Ouachita River service
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Galley of the Captain Alphin