Zip McCoy (Towboat, 1896-1898)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1896 at Helena, Arkansas
• BECAME: Marie J.
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Renamed in 1898
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Charles W. Winters (master, 1896)
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T2713; Captain Winters, master, drowned eight miles above Baton Rouge in June 1897 while he was rescuing an African American cook who had fallen overboard
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The Zip McCoy is on the left