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Freedom #287518 Length 70 feet - Breadth 24 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1962 by Southern Shipbuilding Corp., Slidell, LA. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:50 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Capt. Billy Smith - Thanks, Billy! At LaFarge Rock Yard, Industrial Canal, 3/2013 (1 of 5)
Cat 3412 diesels, repowered 1982, 1000 hp. Red. 4:1. Originally Pitcairn, owned by Stahl Towing Co., New Orleans, LA. Sold to Neshoba Corp., New Orleans, LA 1962. Sold to Jack Neilson, Inc., Harvey, LA 11/1966. Sold to Central Marine Service, Inc., New Orleans, LA 3/1967. Firm merged into Canal Barge Co., Inc., New Orleans, LA 1/1988. Sold to Capital Towing Corp., Houston, TX, renamed Shellen R 9/2001. Sold to Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., Mandeville, LA, renamed Bonnie Pertsch 3/2005. Rebuilt by Verret Shipyard, Plaquemine, LA 2010. Sold to Lafarge North America, Mandeville, LA, renamed Freedom 4/2012.
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