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Bayou La Reine Length 115 feet - Breadth 28 feet - Triple prop Diesel towboat Built 1949 by Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:48 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Jeff L. Yates - Thanks, Jeff! Location Unknown, 1964-1974 (1 of 5)
Two GM 6-71 and one F-M diesels on Allgire units, repowered 1962, 1800 hp. Originally Sturgeon Bay Queen, owned by Mid-Continent Barge Line, Alton, IL. Renamed Mid-Continent Queen 1951. Sold to Midwest Towing Co., Alton, IL 1/1955. Sold to Oil Transport Co., New Orleans, LA, renamed Bayou La Reine 1959. Retractable pilothouse installed 1964. Off the record after 1974.
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