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J. W. Hunter #556838 Length 145 feet - Width 48 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1974 by Jeffboat, Inc., Jeffersonville, IN (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:50 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Capt. Billy Smith - Thanks, Billy! Southbound On The LMR At Marrero, 10/2015 (3 of 18)
GM 16-645E7B diesels, 6140 hp. Falk reduction gears 4.192:1. Kort nozzles. Originally Mr. Lawrence, owned by Mississippi River Grain Elevator, Inc., New Orleans, LA. Sold to VGI Marine Services Corp., New Orleans, LA 9/1991, renamed Don File 5/1992; operated by National Marine, Inc., New Orleans, LA; leased to Stokes Towing Co., Inc., Greenville, MS. Leased to B & H Towing, Inc., Paducah, KY, 5/1993. Leased to Western Kentucky Navigation Co., Paducah, KY 2/1995-3/2010. Sold to American Commercial Lines LLC, Jeffersonville, IN 6/1998. Sold to Hunter Marine Transport, Inc., Nashville, TN, renamed J. W. Hunter 12/2013.
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