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For the Australian cricketer, see George Crouch (cricketer).
George F. Crouch
Born1879
Died1959

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[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Henry B. Nevins, Inc. Shipyard Collection". Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  2. ^ "AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS OF MARINE ENGINES IN THE WAR". Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  3. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "U.S. Patrol Torpedo Boats in World War II, 1939-1945". Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  10. ^ a b "Bob Speltz Land-O-Lakes Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society". Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  11. ^ a b "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.
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