Douglas J. Fischer #285908 Length 192 feet - Breadth 52.1 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1961 by Dravo Corp., Neville Island, PA. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:49 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Capt. Billy Smith - Thanks, Billy! Running Light Boat Around NOLA, 9/2005
GM 20-645E7 diesels, repowered 1979, 7200 hp. Falk red. 4.719:1. Kort nozzles. Originally Mariner, owned by Union Barge Line Corp., Pittsburgh, PA. Transferred 4/1973 to Union Mechling Corp., Pittsburgh, PA. Sold 1/1979 to Flowers Transportation, Inc., Greenville, MS. Sold 12/1987 to The Valley Line Co., St. Louis, MO. Sold 6/1992 to American Valley Line, Inc., Jeffersonville, IN. Sold 3/1993 to H&B Marine, Inc., Columbus, OH, renamed Jesus' Mariner, leased to Newco Marine, Inc., Paducah, KY. Sold 3/1996 to American Boat Co., Granite City, IL, renamed Mariner. Leased 11/2004 to Memco Barge Line, Inc., Chesterfield, MO, Renamed Douglas J. Fischer 4/2005. In 2008 became AEP River Operations LLC, Chesterfield, MO.
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