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Ascension #218104
Length 116 feet - Breadth 27 feet - Single screw harbor tug
Built 1919 by unknown builder, Baltimore, MD;
Rebuilt 1973, New Orleans, LA.

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Last Updated at 8:48 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Copyright Photo by Tom Waller - Thanks, Tom!
Docked In Belle Chase, LA, 4/2011

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GM 16-645E5 diesel, 2800 hp. Western red. 3.2:1.
Originally Ludington Patton, then Bouker No. 6.
Sold to G. W. Whiteman, Inc., Gretna, LA,
renamed A. W. Whiteman 1972.
Sold to Crescent Towing & Salvage Co., New Orleans, LA,
renamed Shannon Smith 6/1979.
Sold to River Parishes Co., Inc., Lutcher, LA,
renamed Ascension 12/1980.
Removed from documentation 2010.



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