Alton Simms #262300 Length 90.6 feet - Breadth 30 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1951 by Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 11:46 on Monday, June 3, 2019 Copyright Photo by William Tippet - Thanks, William! As Inca Northbound On The UMR, 8/1956
Cat D399 diesels, repowered 1983, 2250 hp. Originally Inca, owned by Indian River Lines, Wilmington, DE. Sold to Gulf Transportation Co., Houston, TX, renamed Barbara Lee 6/1957. Acquired by Marine Leasing Corp., Wilmington, DE, renamed Inca again 1960. Sold to Interstate Towing Co., Milford, OH 1963; returned to Marine Leasing Corp. 1968. Sold to G & C Towing, Inc., Point Pleasant, WV 1969. Sold to Mile 725 Towing Service, Winona, MN 6/1973. Sold to Inter-Marine Associates, Inc., Winona, MN 12/1973. Sold to Simms Bros. Towing Co., Inc., Mobile, AL, renamed Alton Simms 3/1975. Sold to Citicorp Leasing, Inc., Dallas, TX 7/1977. Sold to Brown Marine Service, Inc., Pensacola, FL 1978. Out of service, engines removed 2007.
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