Mobile (Towboat/Freight Barge, 1921-1938)

Date

• 1932

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Screw propeller
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat/Freight Barge
• BUILT: 1921 at St. Louis, Missouri
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled in 1938
• OWNERS: Federal Barge Line (FBL)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain E. Nathan Smith (master), Julian Menard (pilot), Aubrey Saucer (chief engineer)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T1844; She ran most of her days in the St. Louis and New Orleans trade
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Photo taken in 1932