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Mama Lere #264863 Length 132 feet - Breadth 30 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1953 by Nashville Bridge Co., Nashville, TN. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 19:28 on Friday, July 26, 2019 Copyright Photo by Mark Haury - Thanks, Mark! Inside The Pilothouse Circa 1953 (5 of 5)
GM 16-645C diesels, repowered 1976, 3800 hp. Falk reduction gears, 3.27:1. Originally owned by Nashville Coal, Inc., Paducah, KY. Sold to Chemical Towing Service, Memphis, TN 1965. Sold to Valley Towing Service, Inc., Memphis, TN 12/1967. Sold to Triangle Marine, Inc., Greenville, MS 4/1983. Sold to NorthStar Navigation, Inc., Paducah, KY 5/1994. Sold to K.P., Inc., Baton Rouge, LA 4/2004, operated by Millenium Trading Corp., Baton Rouge, LA. Sold to Eagle Marine Towing, Inc., Roslyn Heights, NY 4/2007, who bought the boat thinking they could get a contract with Kirby. Sold to Business First Bancshares, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA 4/2009. Sold to Coral Marine Services LLC, Morgan City, LA, renamed PB131 4/2009, documented as “Unclassified Vessel.
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