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Gladys B #236798 Length 110 feet - Breadth 28.2 feet - Single screw harbor tug Built 1937 by Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA(hull #366). (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 16:56 on Saturday, March 14, 2020 Copyright Photo by Capt. Billy Smith - Thanks, Billy! Pushing A Short Tow In NOLA, 10/2010 (1 of 2)
Fairbanks Morse 38D8 1/8 diesel, 2400 hp. Originally F. M. Whitaker, owned by Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co., Richmond, VA. Acquired by E.N. Bisso and Son Inc., Metairie, LA, renamed Gladys B 1964. Call Sign: WDC3024 Phased out of active service, dropped from documentation 2014. Laid up 4/2018. "Reefed" in 100 feet of water off Mobile Bay, AL. (Above information augmented by TugboatInformation.com)
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