American boat designer (1879–1959)
George F. Crouch |
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| Born | 1879 |
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| Died | 1959 |
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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]
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