The Story of Captain Barrow and the Tarpon
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The TARPON as shown in a painting. This is a view of her steaming away from the docks at Pensacola

Captain William Greene Barrow

Captain William Greene Barrow was the captain of the Tarpon from 1902 to 1937.
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-- Tarpon Story - Part 1 (10 min)

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-- Tarpon Story - Part 2 (10 min)

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-- Tarpon Story - Part 3 (12 min)

When the hurricane of 1926 broke, TARPON was in Pensacola Bay and Capt. Barrow proposed to ride out the storm there. But when his anchors parted, he drove the vessel bow-forward onto the sound sands. The ship was saved, but the "digging out effort" required substantial manpower.


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