Miss Kate #563047 Length 65 feet - Breadth 24 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1975 by Wall Shipyard, Belle Chasse, LA. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 16:38 on Thursday, May 30, 2019 Copyright Photo by Mark Haury - Thanks, Mark! Working On The River Before 1/2000
Cat C18 diesels, repowered 2016, 1200 hp. Originally OU 312, owned by Williams/Sedco/Horn Constructor, Houston, TX. Taken to Peru for pipeline project 1975; brought back to U.S. 6/1978. Sold to Gnots Reserve, Inc., Destrehan, LA, renamed Gadget 5/1979; operated by Riptide Marine Services, Inc., Westwego, LA. Sold to Eckstein Marine Service, Inc., Harahan, LA, renamed Lynda Mutchler 8/1991; renamed Sacred Heart 11/1995. Sold to Kirby Inland Marine LP, Houston, TX 9/2006. Sold to Industry Terminal & Salvage Co., Industry, PA, renamed Miss Kate 8/2012.
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