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Paige L. Strait #518938 Length 164 feet - Breadth 40 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1969 by St. Louis Ship, St. Louis, MO. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:52 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Ron Richardson - Thanks, Ron! As Sarah Elizabeth On The Ohio At Stephensport, KY, 10/2013 (5 of 10)
GM 16-645E7B diesels, 6200 hp. Falk reduction gears, 4.345:1. Kort nozzles. Originally Sarah Elizabeth, owned by A. L. Mechling Barge Lines, Joliet, IL. Transferred to Union Mechling Corp., New Orleans, LA 4/1973. Transferred to Dravo Mechling Corp., New Orleans, LA 1/1980. Sold to National Marine, Inc., New Orleans, LA 2/1988. Leased to Stokes Towing Co., Inc., Greenville, MS 7/1985. Leased to B & H Towing, Inc., Paducah, KY 5/1986. Leased to Stokes Towing Co., Inc., Greenville, MS 2/1995. Leased to Western Kentucky Navigation, Inc., Paducah, KY 5/1998-3/2010. Sold to American Commercial Lines LLC, Jeffersonville, IN 6/1998. Sold to Western Rivers Boat Management, Inc., Paducah, KY, renamed Paige L. Strait 12/2013.
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