1937Flood007
A dozen Coast Guard picket boats muster beside the former CGC Yocona on the Mississippi River during The Great Ohio, Mississippi River Valley Flood of 1937 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/06/the-great-ohio-mississippi-river-valley-flood-of-1937/ . U.S. Coast Guard photo. Yocona was a 182-foot Kankakee-
class stern paddle wheelers built for the Coast Guard in 1919 and stationed at Vicksburg. Click to big up