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Kitty Carlin #271958
Length 85 feet - Breadth 26 feet - Single screw towboat
Built 1956 by Christy Corp., Sturgeon Bay, WI.
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Last Updated at 8:51 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Copyright Photo by Ed Christianson - Thanks, Ed!
On The GIWW At Freeport, TX, 3/1983
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Cat D398TA diesel, repowered 1976, 900 hp.
Originally Sandra Marie, owned by
S & S Marine Towing Co., Joliet, IL.
Sold to Brooks Liquid Transport, Berwyn, IL 10/1957.
Sold to Shuttle Service, Inc., Berwyn, IL,
renamed Bonnie Dee 1958.
Sold to Dixie Carriers, Inc., Houston, TX,
renamed Dixie Explorer 11/1966.
Sold to Switcher Marine Service, Houston, TX,
renamed Explorer 4/1973.
Sold to Liquid Transfer, Inc., Houston, TX,
renamed Orleanian 1974.
Sold to Hillhouse Towing Co., Houston, TX,
renamed Fred G 1/1976.
Burned at Galveston, TX 5/1/1977.
Sold to Oroco Marine, Inc., Channelview, TX,
renamed Kitty Carlin 9/1978.
Rebuilt, converted to seagoing houseboat 1978-1982.

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