Big Daddy #631486 Length 60 feet - Breadth 26 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1981 by Louis G. Ortis Boat Co., Krotz Springs, LA. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:48 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Tom Waller - Thanks, Tom! On The LMR At Helena, AR, 11/2011
GM 16V-92 diesels, 1200 hp. Twin Disc red. 6:1. Originally Zammer, owned by Zammer Marine Towing, Inc., Marrero, LA. Taken back by builder, leased to Dean Towing, Inc., Bay St. Louis, MS, renamed Audrey Dean. Returned to Ortis 1983. Sold to JNT Fleet, Inc., Metairie, LA, renamed Miss Marlene 5/1984. Sold to Wepfer Marine, Inc., Memphis, TN, renamed Gail S 1988. Sold to Helena Marine Service, Inc., Helena, AR, renamed Big Daddy 5/1996.
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