Grape Ape #255509 Length 95.9 feet - Breadth 28.1 feet - Twin screw towboat GM 12-567 diesels, 1800 hp. Built 1952 by Arnold V. Walker Shipyard, Pascagoula, MS (hull). Completed by G. B. Zigler Co., Jennings, LA. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:50 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Courtesy of Boat Photo Museum, Dan Owen - Thanks, Dan! Working In Philadelphia, PA, 7/1997 Photo Mug & Baseball Cap available!
Originally Z-Twelve Renamed Chesapeake Sun 4/1965 Renamed Grape Ape, date unknown. Owned by Big Daddy Tugboat Company, Wallingford, PA.
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