Charles H. West (Towboat/Snagboat, 1934-?)

Date

• November 10, 1934

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat/Snagboat
• BUILT: Nashville, Tennessee by Nashville Bridge Company, 1934
• BECAME: Lieut. Robert E. Lee, date unknown, still in service in 1978
• OWNERS: 1934: U.S. Engineers, Vicksburg, Mississippi; 1958: Eagle Boat Store, St. Louis, Missouri; 1970: James B. Eads Corporation; unknown date: United American Construction Company, Greenville, Mississippi
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain J.N. Ferguson (master-pilot)
• RIVERS: Red River; Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - W0954; The Charles H. West was named for a gentleman of Greenville, Mississippi, long a member of the Mississippi River Commission. She was decommissioned from the USE, Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1958. The Eagle Boat Store used her until 1970 when she was transferred to the James B. Eads Corporation, headed by Fred H. Leyhe. The United American Construction Company, Greenville, Mississippi, converted her into a floating restaurant placed at St. Louis. Her name was changed to Lieut. Robert E. Lee
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Pilot house of the Charles H. West