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Tate Oglesby #240411
Length 176 feet - Breadth 36 feet - Twin screw towboat
Built 1941 by Dravo Corp., Neville Island, PA.
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Last Updated at 8:53 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Copyright Photo by Capt. Billy Smith - Thanks, Billy!
Working On The River, 1/2017
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GM 16-645E2 diesels, repowered 2002, 3950 hp.
Falk reduction gears, 2.5:1.
Retractable pilothouse
Originally Ernest T. Weir, conventional towboat,
owned by Campbell Transportation Co., Pittsburgh, PA.
Transferred to Mississippi Valley Barge Line, St. Louis, MO 1941.
Sold to B & M Towing Co., Houston, TX,
renamed Lea Mae 1962.
Rebuilt to retractable pilothouse by
Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, LA 1962.
Transferred to Vessel Operators, Div. Cargo Carriers, Minneapolis, MN 1978.
Sold to Alliance Marine Services, Metairie, LA,
renamed Alliance Duke 1981.
Sold to G & C Towing, Inc., Point Pleasant, WV,
renamed Onward 2/1986.
Sold to J & J Equipment Rental, Inc., Columbus, OH 3/1988;
operated by Alton Marine Service, Inc., Alton, IL.
Sold to Gateway Grain, Inc., Pekin, IL 12/1988;
operated by American Boat Co., Cahokia, IL.
Sold to Ozark Transportation Co., Paducah, KY,
renamed Mr. Chuck 4/2002;
renamed Tate Oglesby 8/2016;
operated by Western Rivers Boat Management, Inc., Paducah, KY.

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