George Crouch

George F. Crouch
Born 1879
Died 1959

George F. Crouch (1879–1959) was an American boat designer.[1][2][3][4][5][6] He worked for the Dodge Boat Works in Newport News.[7] Three speedboats built to his designs won the first three places in the 1924 Gold Cup of the American Power Boat Association.[8]:67 In 1939 his design for a torpedo boat was one of two approved by the US Navy for prototype construction;[9]:2 both designs were found in trials to be obsolescent, and a British design by Hubert Scott-Paine was chosen instead.[9]:10

Designs

Peter Pan, 1911[3]

Typhoon, 1920[10]

Rainbow I, 1920[11]

Rainbow IV, 1924[11]

Baby Bootlegger, 1924

Miss Columbia, 1924[12]

Teaser, 1924[13]

Impshi, 1924[14]

Arcadian, 1926[1]

Janice III, 1927[1]

Gypsy Queen, 1936[15]

PT1, PT2, PT3, PT4, 1938[16]

Cinderella[17]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Henry B. Nevins, Inc. Shipyard Collection". Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  2. ↑ "AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS OF MARINE ENGINES IN THE WAR". Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  3. 1 2 "WoodenBoat magazine Issue #60 Sept/Oct 84". Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  4. ↑ "Curious Curator: The Rainbow IV (Speedboat Identified in the Billiard Room mural)". Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  5. ↑ "1924 APBA Gold Cup". Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  6. ↑ "Dodge Boat Works". Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  7. ↑ "Monster boat plant in Newport News killed by Depression". Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  8. ↑ ""Classic Speedboats, 1916-1939". Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  9. 1 2 "U.S. Patrol Torpedo Boats in World War II, 1939-1945". Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  10. ↑ "Bob Speltz Land-O-Lakes Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society". Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  11. 1 2 "At The Helm of a Rainbow" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  12. ↑ "Miss Columbia". Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  13. ↑ "Teaser by George Crouch". Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  14. ↑ "Impshi history". Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  15. ↑ "Boat International". Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  16. ↑ "PT1 to PT4 by George Crouch". Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  17. ↑ "Bob Speltz Land-O-Lakes Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society". Retrieved 2018-01-16.
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