G. W. McBride (Towboat, 1928-1942)

Date

• 1929

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1916 at Elizabeth, Pennsylvania
• FORMERLY: Conqueror (1916)
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Overturned after striking a pier of the L. and N. bridge at Cincinnati on February 22, 1942
• OWNERS: Ohio River Company (1937)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Val M. Steele, Jr. (chief engineer, 1940); William Tharp (2nd engineer, 1940); Captain Tom Woodward (master, 1940); Bert Clore (pilot, 1940); Captain Pete O. Lallance (1942); Roy Edgington (pilot, 1942); Kenneth Peck (engineer, 1942); James Crum (mate, 1942)
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T0870; After the Conquerer was upset in a windstorm in 1927, she was raised, rebuilt and renamed by Captain Birch McBride. The Koch-McBride Towing Company did contract work. In 1932, she received a new hull at Madison, Indiana; in 1940 she got new engines at Louisville. When she overturned in 1942, 16 lives were lost including several crew members
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The G. W. McBride near Louisville, Kentucky