Guam (Towboat, 1943-1947)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Screw propeller
• BOAT TYPE: Towboat
• BUILT: 1943 at Point Pleasant, West Virginia by Marietta Manufacturing Company
• BECAME: H.E. Lewis
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Sold and renamed H.E. Lewis in May, 1947
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Roy Clay ; R.G. Brown (chief engineer)
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T0989; She was leased by Inland Waterways Corporation during World War II. She was also under charter to Mississippi Valley Barge Line during World War II. She was the first Defense Plant Corporation boat launched; her trial run was November 11, 1943