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Aransas #611407 Length 62 feet - Breadth 22 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1979 by Thrift Shipbuilding & Repair, Sulphur, LA. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:48 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Tom Waller - Thanks, Tom! On The Houston, TX Ship Channel, 4/2011 (1 of 3)
Volvo 162C diesels, 800 hp. Twin Disc reduction gears, 6.48:1. Retractable pilothouse. Originally Habibi, owned by Jerry I. Harless Towing, Inc., Lake Charles, LA. Sold to South Texas Towing, Inc., Port Lavaca, TX 1989. Sold to Dixie Marine, Inc., Houston, TX, renamed Aransas 6/1992. Transferred to Kirby Inland Marine LP, Houston, TX 1/1998. Converted from conventional to retractable pilothouse between 2006 and 2010.
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