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Melissa K #255365 Length 50 feet - Breadth 18 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1947 by Lee Wilson, Wilson, AR. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:51 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Tim & Lori Powell - Thanks, Tim & Lori! At The Matteson Fleet, Burlington, IA, 12/2006 (1 of 3)
Cummins NTA855 diesels, 800 hp. Originally Owen Parnell, owned by builder. Sold to Elliott Sartain & Co., Osceola, AR 1950. Sold to Arkansas Gravel, Inc., Blytheville, AR 1965. Sold to River Service Corp., N. Little Rock, AR 1972. Sold to Hall Towing, Inc., Fort Madison, IA 3/1975, renamed Denise Rae 6/1975. Sold to L. W. Matteson Div. of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC, Burlington, IA, renamed Melissa K 12/1982.
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