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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. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:48 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Tom Waller - Thanks, Tom! Docked In Belle Chase, LA, 4/2011 (1 of 3)
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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