Cristina Eckstein #506238 Length 116 feet - Breadth 34.4 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1966 by Greenville Shipbuilding Corp., Greenville, MS. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:49 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo Provided by Dick's Towboat Gallery 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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