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Melissa R #271983
Length 57 feet - Breadth 20 feet - Twin screw towboat
Built 1956 by Greenville Shipbuilding. Corp., Greenville, MS.

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Last Updated at 8:51 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Copyright Photo by Henry Mullen - Thanks, Henry!
As Li'l Joe On The River Near UMR 152, 9/1974

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Cat D353E diesels, repowered 1971, 850 hp.
Cat reduction gears, 4.087:1.
Originally Jimmy, Jr., owned
by Delta Towing Co., Greenville, MS.
Sold to O'Hara, Wasson & Shurden Towing Co., Greenville, MS
renamed Kel Shurden 1963.
Sold to O'Hara Towing Co., Greenville, MS
renamed Bill O'Hara 1966.
Sold to Marvin Couey Harbor Service, Greenville, MS
renamed Tommy Couey 1968.
Burned and sank at Greenville, MS 1970.
Sold to Delta Towing Co., Greenville, MS renamed Li'l Joe 1970.
Rebuilt by Greenville Shipbuilding. Corp., Greenville, MS 1971.
Sold to River Logging Co., Frohna, MO 2/1971.
Sold to W. L. Hailey & Co., Inc., Nashville, TN
renamed Mister Lewis 1987.
Sold to Vulcan Construction Materials, Knoxville, TN
renamed VCM Clifton 5/2000.
Sold to Santana Dredging Corp., Savannah, TN
renamed Melissa R 4/2004.
Out of documentation 2015.



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