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Merlin Banta #249614 Length 126 feet - Breadth 29 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1946 by St. Louis Shipbuilding & Steel Co., St. Louis, MO. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:52 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Kris Jacobi - Thanks, Kris! In The Vicinity Of LMR 180, 6/2006 (22 of 26)
GM 12-645C diesels, 2800 hp. Falk reduction gears, 3:1. Kort nozzles. Originally Havana Zephyr, owned by J. D. Streett & Co., St. Louis, MO. Sold to Huffman Towing Co., St. Louis, MO 1955, renamed H. F. Leonard 11/1973. Sold to Plaquemine Towing Corp., Sunshine, LA, renamed Merlin Banta 1986. Sold to Chem Carriers LLC, Sunshine, LA 4/2006.
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