George Crouch

For the Australian cricketer, see George Crouch (cricketer).

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

George F. Crouch
Born	1879
Died	1959

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. "Henry B. Nevins, Inc. Shipyard Collection". 30 May 2016. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
2. Crouch, George F. (1919). "AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS OF MARINE ENGINES IN THE WAR". SAE Technical Paper Series. Vol. 1. doi:10.4271/190004. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
3. "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. Guetat, Gerald; Ledru, Éric (10 January 1998). "Classic Speedboats, 1916-1939. Motorbooks International. ISBN 9780760304648. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
9. Garth Connelly, T. (2010). U.S. Patrol Torpedo Boats in World War II, 1939-1945. Nimble Books. ISBN 9781608880133. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
10. "Bob Speltz Land-O-Lakes Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society". 27 March 2015. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
11. "At The Helm of a Rainbow" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-01-16.
12. "Miss Columbia". October 1924. 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.