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Bob Helton #512615 Length 78 feet - Breadth 26 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1968 by Jeffboat, Inc., Jeffersonville, IN. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:48 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Tom Waller - Thanks, Tom! At The Dock In Houston, TX, 4/2011 (1 of 2)
Detroit Series 60 diesels, repowered 2006, 1000 hp. Twin Disc reduction gears 5:1. Originally National Crest, owned by National Marine Service, St. Louis, MO. Sold to Compass Marine Services, Inc., New Orleans, LA, renamed Compass Crest 10/1985. Sold to Southern Marine Service, Inc., Port Allen, LA 3/1990. Sold to American Commercial Barge Line, Jeffersonville, IN 7/1998. Sold to Hard's Marine Service, Ltd., Hull, TX, renamed Bob Helton 7/2004. Scrapped 2014.
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