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Cristina Eckstein #506238
Length 116 feet - Breadth 34.4 feet - Twin screw towboat
Built 1966 by Greenville Shipbuilding Corp., Greenville, MS.

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Last Updated at 8:49 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019
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Downbound Near UMR 819.3 Circa 1993



GM 12-645E2 diesels, repowered 1993, 3600 hp. Falk red. 3:1.
Originally Nita Vickers, owned by
Delta Towing Co., Greenville, MS.
Sold to Thomas Marine Co.,Butler, PA,
renamed J. F. Lamb 10/1971.
Sold to Boswell Oil Co., Cincinnati, OH,
renamed E. P. Williams 1977.
Sold to Contract Marine Carriers, Inc., St. Charles, MO,
renamed Danny Ray 4/1983.
Sold to Gator Towing Co., Piere Part, LA,
renamed Belle River 2/1984.
Sold to Hunter Marine Towing, Inc., Cut Off, LA 9/1987.
Sold to Capt. James A. Sprinkle, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA 9/1988.
Sold to Marquette Transportation Co., Inc., Paducah, KY,
renamed Cristina Eckstein 7/1990.
Sold, shipped to Argentina 1994.



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