H.E. Lewis (Towboat, 1947-1952)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Screw towboat (diesel)
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: Originally the Guam built at Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia, 1943
• FORMERLY: Guam
• BECAME: April, 1952, the America
• OWNERS: June, 1947: Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
• OFFICERS & CREW: 1947: Captain James D. Cyphers (master), Ralph Seely and Rube Brown (pilots), George W. Pangburn (chief engineer), William R. Hart, Jr. and Robert H. Williams (assistant engineers), Kenny Mahoney (mate)
• RIVERS: Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - June, 1947 she towed the Kiska to Pittsburgh. It was the first time any of the DPC type towboats had been above Marietta, Ohio on the Ohio River. She was named for H. Edgar Lewis, president of Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation. She performed some prodigious feats towing coal upstream from Huntington, West Virginia to Aliquippa and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 20 loads at a time