Ruby E #604474 Length 60 feet - Breadth 24 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1979 by Louis G. Ortis Boat Co., Krotz Springs, LA. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:53 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Mark Haury - Thanks, Mark! As Ascension On The River Before 2000
GM 12V-71 diesels, 800 hp. Twin Disc red. 6:1. Originally No Name #2, owned by Zito Towing Co., Inc., New Orleans, LA. Sold 8/1980 to Maranatha Towing Co., St. Amant, LA, renamed Norman John, Jr. Sold 1985 to Intercoastal Barge Cleaning, Inc., Jefferson, LA, renamed Ascension. Sold to St. Tammany, Inc., Jefferson, LA. Transferred 10/2001 to Parish Towing, Inc. (Zito Companies), Jefferson, LA. Renamed Ruby E 1/2005
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