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Billy Strait #502876
Length 164 feet - Breadth 40 feet - Twin screw towboat
Built 1966 by St. Louis Shipbuilding, Inc., St. Louis, MO.
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Last Updated at 13:50 on Saturday, April 27, 2019
Copyright Photo by Capt. Billy Smith - Thanks, Billy!
Northbound On The LMR Below Upper 12, 10/2016
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GM 16-645E5B diesels, 5000 hp.
Lufkin reduction gears. Kort nozzles.
Originally City Of St. Louis, owned by
Nilo Barge Line, Inc., St. Louis, MO.
Sold to Sea West Partners, Inc., affiliate of
Dravo Mechling Corp., New Orleans, LA 1981.
Sold to National Marine, Inc., New Orleans, LA 2/1988.
Leased to Stokes Towing Co., Inc., Greenville, MS 3/1985.
Leased to B & H Towing, Inc., Paducah, KY 5/1993.
Leased to Western Kentucky Navigation Co., Paducah, KY 2/1995.
Sold to American Commercial Barge Line, Jeffersonville, IN 6/1998.
Sold to B & H Towing, Inc., Paducah, KY,
renamed Caleb Lay 9/2004.
Transferred to Lay Leasing, Inc., Paducah, KY 4/2007.
Leased to AEP River Operations LLC, Chesterfield, MO 1/2008.
Operated by Inland Marine Service, Inc., Hebron, KY.
Sold to Western Rivers Boat Management, Inc., Paducah, KY,
renamed Billy Strait 2015.

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