Michael T #280305 Length 55 feet - Breadth 20 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1959 by Gulfport Shipbuilding Corp., Port Arthur, TX. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:52 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Mark Haury - Thanks, Mark! As Pegasus Working On The River Before 2000
GM 8V-71 diesels, 600 hp. Originally Slade Brown, owned by Higman Towing Co., Orange, TX. Sold to P & L Towing Co., Inc., Gretna, LA, renamed Hope Plaisance 2/1975. Sold to South Texas Towing, Inc.,Portland, TX, renamed Dennis O 1976. Sold to Arthur-Smith Corp., Houston, TX 9/1976. Sold to Galaxy Marine Transportation, Bourg, LA, renamed Pegasus 10/1992, Operated by LeBoeuf Bros. Towing Co., Inc., Houma, LA. Sold to Tanner Services LLC, Eunice, LA, renamed E. J. Richard 4/2004; renamed Michael T 2/2009.
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