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Frank B. Tamble #251877 Length 120 feet - Breadth 30 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1947 by F. B. Walker & Sons, Pascagoula, MS. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 14:06 on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 Copyright Photo by Capt. Tom Gerry - Thanks, Tom! On The Atchafalaya River, 12/2007 (1 of 6)
GM 16-645C2 diesels, repowered 1998, 3600 hp. Originally F. B. Walker, owned by River Towboats, Inc., Pascagoula, MS. Sold to Simpson Oil Co., Charleston, MO, renamed Joan Simpson 1952. Sold to Sinclair Refining Co. 1962, renamed Sinclair Louisville 1965. Sold to Wasson Towing Service, Greenville, MS 4/1971. Sold to Greenville Marine Equipment & Parts, Greenville, MS 6/1971. Sold to Thomas & Pine, Inc., Greenville, MS, renamed Bobbie J 5/1973. Sold to Southern Towing Co., Memphis, TN, renamed Frank B. Tamble 5/1979.
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