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Robert Daron #287341 Length 75 feet - Breadth 22 feet - Single screw towboat Built 1961 by Brent Towing Co., Greenville, MS. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:53 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Courtesy of Boat Photo Museum, Dan Owen - Thanks, Dan! As Jack Estes On The LMR At Memphis, TN, 1/1969 (5 of 9)
GM 16V-149 diesel, repowered 1973, 900 hp. Falk red. 6.18:1. Originally Joy Wasson, owned by Wasson Towing Service, Greenville, MS. Sold 1965 to Williamson Towing Co., Greenville, MS, renamed Dolores Anne. Sold 1966 to Dot Towing Co., Memphis, TN, renamed Jack Estes. Sold 8/1968 to Wm. C. Ellis & Sons, Memphis, TN, after a fire. Sold 11/1973 to Walker's Midstream Fuel & Service Co., Paducah, KY, rebuilt, and renamed Robert Daron. Sold 1984 to Hartley Marine Corp., Cincinnati, OH. Sold 10/1996 to James Marine, Inc., Paducah, KY.
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