Freedom #505538 Length 80 feet - Breadth 28 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1966 by Schaupeter Shipyard, Pascagoula, MS. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:50 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Courtesy of William Gaudet - Thanks, William! Working In Baton Rouge Harbor, 3/2007
GM 12V-149 diesels, repowered 1997, 1350 hp. Red. 5.17:1. Originally L. A. Theriot, owned by Freeport Sulphur Co., Port Sulphur, LA. Orig. operated by Central Marine Service, Inc., New Orleans, LA. Firm merged into Canal Barge Co., Inc., New Orleans, LA 1/1988. Sold to McKinney Harbor Towing, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA, renamed Aaron Charles Mckinney 1/1996. Sold to JC Towing LLC, Galliano, LA, renamed Nikki Jo Kenney 7/2001. Sold to River Ventures LLC, St. Amant, LA, renamed Freedom 6/2003.
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