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Alva Dupre #554249 Length 75 feet - Breadth 27 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1974 by Main Iron Works, Houma, LA. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:48 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Rory Dupre - Thanks, Rory! Working In New Orleans, LA, 3/2012 (1 of 17)
Cat 3508TA diesels, 1650 hp. Cat reduction gears 4.83:1. Kort nozzles. Originally National Hero, owned by National Marine Service, Inc., St. Louis, MO. Sold to Compass Marine Services, Inc., New Orleans, LA, renamed Compass Hero 10/1985. Sold to Southern Marine Services, Inc., Port Allen, LA 3/1990, still operated by Compass Marine Services, Inc. Returned to Southern Marine Services, Inc., renamed Evan Wharton 9/1992. Sold to American Commercial Lines LLC, Jeffersonville, IN 6/1998. Sold to Ohio River Salvage LLC, Crescent, PA 2/2010. Sold to John's Towing Service, Inc., Shippingport, PA, renamed Joe Johnson 4/2010. Rebuilt at Shippingport, PA, 2011. Sold to T & R Tugs LLC, Houma, LA, renamed Alva Dupre 2/2012. CG lists owner as Dupre Marine Transportation, Inc., Houma, LA as of 2015.
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