George Crouch

{{short description|American boat designer (1879–1959)}}

{{for|the Australian cricketer|George Crouch (cricketer)}}

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George F. Crouch (1879–1959) was an American boat designer.

{{cite web|url=https://research.mysticseaport.org/coll/spcoll028/|title=Henry B. Nevins, Inc. Shipyard Collection|date=30 May 2016 |accessdate=2018-01-16}}{{cite book|chapter-url=http://papers.sae.org/190004/|chapter=AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS OF MARINE ENGINES IN THE WAR|doi=10.4271/190004 |accessdate=2018-01-17 |title=SAE Technical Paper Series |date=1919 |last1=Crouch |first1=George F. |volume=1 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.woodenboatstore.com/product/WoodenBoat_magazine_Issue_60_DIGITAL/woodenboat_31-60|title=WoodenBoat magazine Issue #60 Sept/Oct 84|accessdate=2018-01-16}}{{cite web|url=http://www.parkwoodestate.com/curious-curator-the-rainbow-iv-speedboat-identified-in-the-billiard-room-mural/|title=Curious Curator: The Rainbow IV (Speedboat Identified in the Billiard Room mural)|accessdate=2018-01-16}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lesliefield.com/races/1924_apba_gold_cup_detroit_gold_cup_and_sweepstakes.htm|title=1924 APBA Gold Cup|accessdate=2018-01-18}}{{cite web|url=http://www.speedboatclassics.com/dodge_boat_works.htm|title=Dodge Boat Works|accessdate=2018-01-16}} He worked for the Dodge Boat Works in Newport News.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypress.com/features/history/dp-nws-dodge-boat-plant-20150829-story.html|title=Monster boat plant in Newport News killed by Depression|accessdate=2018-01-16}} Three speedboats built to his designs won the first three places in the 1924 Gold Cup of the American Power Boat Association.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w07kz8QiXygC&pg=PA67|title= "Classic Speedboats, 1916-1939|isbn= 9780760304648|accessdate=2018-01-17|last1= Guetat|first1= Gerald|last2= Ledru|first2= Éric|date= 10 January 1998|publisher= Motorbooks International}}{{Rp|67}} In 1939 his design for a torpedo boat was one of two approved by the US Navy for prototype construction;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eAENLTIy9RoC&pg=PA2|title=U.S. Patrol Torpedo Boats in World War II, 1939-1945|isbn=9781608880133|accessdate=2018-01-17|last1=Garth Connelly|first1=T.|year=2010|publisher=Nimble Books }}{{Rp|2}} both designs were found in trials to be obsolescent, and a British design by Hubert Scott-Paine was chosen instead.{{Rp|10}}