Wakerobin (Lighthouse tender, 1926-?)

Date

• June 25, 1939

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Lighthouse tender
• BUILT: 1926 at Neville Island, Pennsylvania by Dravo
• OWNERS: U.S. Lighthouse Service, Department of Commerce; Comet River Company (1955); Captain Dennis Trone (1975); B and B Riverboats (1985)
• OFFICERS & CREW: William E. Nolden (pilot)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River; Illinois River; St. Croix River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 5680; She was built for the U.S. Lighthouse Service, Department of Commerce and was later (1938) in the U.S. Coast Guard. After 1950 she operated under lease to the U.S. Engineers, Memphis. They took title in 1955 but she was sold shortly thereafter in a public sale to Comet River Company in Cincinnati. She was used as a landing boat at Cincinnati and continued there until sold to Captain Trone who took her to Chattanooga, Tennessee. In the winter of 1975-76 changes were made so that she could be used as a harbor landing boat. She was also used as a wharfboat to back up the Julia Belle Swain. In 1978 she was towed to the Illinois River and was still under the ownership of Captain Trone in 1980. She was sold in 1985 to B and B Riverboats of Cincinnati
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: At St. Paul, Minnesota on June 25, 1939