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Great America #283946 Length 190 feet - Breadth 48 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1960 by Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:50 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Courtesy of Boat Photo Museum, Dan Owen - Thanks, Dan! As Patrick Calhoun, Jr. Posed Photo By Jeffboat 12/1960 (1 of 2)
Pielstick PA6-280 diesels, repowered 1981, 7200 hp. Burns heavy fuel oil. Falk reduction gears, 4.382:1. Kort nozzles. Originally Patrick Calhoun, Jr., operated by Commercial Transport Corp., Houston, TX. Sold to Weathers Towing, Inc., Greenville, MS 8/1973. Sold to Great American Boat Co., Inc., New Orleans, LA, renamed Great America 1/1981.
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