Kelly #548493 Length 65 feet - Breadth 24 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1973 by Ortis Bros. Boat Co., Krotz Springs, LA. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:51 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Mark Haury - Thanks, Mark! Working On The River Before 1/2000
GM 12V-149 diesels, repowered 1999, 1350 hp. Originally Bayou St. John, owned by Big B Towboat Services, Inc., Galliano, LA. Sold to Collegetown Marine Towing, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA, renamed Deborah 8/1977. Sold to Liberty Towing Co., Inc., Westwego, LA, renamed Kelly 2/1978. Dismantled 2004.
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