Brown Water IX #528373 Length 52 feet - Breadth 24 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1970 by Kelso Shipyard, Galveston, TX. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:48 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Mark Haury - Thanks, Mark! As Brian T On The Water Circa 7/1999
GM 8V-71 diesels, 600 hp. Twin Disc red. 4.5:1. Originally Kel-Kat 50, operated by Big Tow Barge Line, Galveston, TX. Renamed Rai Elizabeth Kelso 8/1971. Renamed Fuzzy Kelso 4/1973. Sold to Tug Josephine, Inc., Galveston, TX, renamed Brian T 1973. Sold to Brown Water Marine Service, Inc., Rockport, TX, renamed Brown Water IX 3/2005.
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