John D. Grace (Packet, 1917-1930)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: Jeffersonville, Indiana by Howard, 1917
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled spring 1930
• OWNERS: Bradford Transportation Company, Donaldsonville, Louisiana; Sherburne Transportation Company, Plaquemine, Louisiana; Captain W. A. Bisso, Bisso Towboat Company (1930)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Hymel and Pintado (pilots, 1921)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 3053; Ran New Orleans-New Iberia; immortalized by Roark Bradford in a series of magazine roustabout stories. Captain W. A. Bisso had her dismantled and engines went to towboat Tyler
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Loading cargo onto the John D. Grace