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Bill Henry #255631 Length 118 feet - Breadth 38 feet - Triple screw towboat Built 1948 by Sturgeon Bay Ship & Dry Dock Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:48 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Ed Moe - Thanks, Ed! As Sam B. Thomas, In Process Of Sinking, 8/1974 (1 of 4)
GM 12-645E2 diesels, repowered 1974, 4300 hp. Originally Aztec, owned by Indian River Lines, Wilmington, DE, later owned by Express Barge Lines. Sold to Miami Towing Co., Milford, OH, renamed Chief 1963. Sold to Marine Leasing Services, Wilmington, DE, original name restored 2/1966. Sold to Clegg & Hunt, Houston, TX 9/1968. Sold to Zapata Marine Service, Houston, TX 3/1969. Sold to Oroco Marine, Inc., Highlands, TX 1/1973. Sold to Republic Marine, Inc., Greenville, MS, renamed S. B. Thomas 5/1974, renamed Sam B. Thomas 7/1974. Sank 8/1974; rebuilt by Republic Marine, Greenville, MS 1974. Sold to Inland Marine Management and Consulting, Inc., Hendersonville, TX, renamed Bill Henry 8/1983. No longer listed 1988.
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