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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. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 10:23 on Friday, November 8, 2019 Copyright Photo by Michael Herschler - Thanks, Michael! Wide View On The Ohio At Evansville, IN, 2/2018 (2 of 47)
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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