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Laura Tamble #270313
Length 139.5 feet - Breadth35.1 feet - Twin screw towboat
Built 1955 by Nashville Bridge Co., Nashville, TN.

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Last Updated at 10:23 on Friday, November 8, 2019
Copyright Photo by Josh Cornelius - Thanks, Josh!
With Big Moon On The Ohio At Owensboro, KY, 2019

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GM 16-567C2 diesels, 3600 hp. Falk reduction gears 2.5:1.
Originally Baby Lere, owned by
Nashville Coal, Inc., Paducah, KY.
Transferred to Island Creek Coal Co., Madisonville, KY 7/1965.
Transferred to The Ohio River Co., Cincinnati, OH 3/1966.
Sold to M/G Transport Services, Cincinnati, OH 6/1968,
renamed Foremost 8/1968.
Sold to Findett Transport Co., Alton, IL,
renamed Patricia 2/1981.
Sold to Wheeler Transport Co., Alton, IL 11/1984.
Burned, rebuilt 1986 by Greenville Ship Corp., Greenville, MS.
Sold to Vickers Towing Co., Inc., Greenville, MS 6/1986,
renamed Whippoorwill 10/1987.
Sold to Coastal Towing, Inc., Houston, TX,
renamed Red Griffin 10/1991.
Sold to Southern Towing Co., Memphis, TN,
renamed Laura Tamble 11/1998.



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