George F. Crouch | |
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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