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Lesta K #244288 Length 154 feet - Breadth 36 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1943 by St. Louis Shipbuilding & Steel Co., St. Louis, MO. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 11:49 on Monday, July 15, 2019 Copyright Photo by John L. Evans - Thanks, Johnny! As Henry S. Sturgis Brand New And Spiffy in 1944 (3 of 3)
GM 16-567 diesels, repowered 1968, 3200 hp. Falk reduction gears, 2.5:1. Originally Henry S. Sturgis, owned by Ohio River Co., Cincinnati, OH. Sold to Econo-Flo Flour Service, Salina, KS, renamed Lesta K 2/1966 Sold to Port City Towing Co., Greenville, MS 1968. Leased to White River Fleeting, Inc., Greenville, MS 1983. Leased to Triangle Marine, Inc., Greenville, MS 3/1984. Sold to Mississippi-Alabama Boat Leasing, Inc., Vicksburg, MS 1986. Sold to American Boat Co., Cahokia, IL circa 1988. Off the record, machinery removed 2003.
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