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Texas Rose #254714 Length 166 feet - Breadth 36 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1948 by Dravo Corp., Neville Island, PA. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:53 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Courtesy of Boat Photo Museum, Dan Owen - Thanks, Dan! Downbound On The UMR At St. Louis, MO, 4/1987 (2 of 23)
GM 16-567C diesels, repowered 1973, 3200 hp. Western reduction gears, 3:1. Kort nozzles. Originally Esso Tennessee, owned by Esso Standard Oil Co., then Humble Oil & Refining Co., Houston, TX. Sold to Security Towing Co., Greenville, MS, renamed Tennessee 1963. Sold to Big T Towing Co., Greenville, MS 3/1967. Transferred to Feeder Line Towing Service, Inc., Greenville, MS 1/1973. Transferred to Greenville Towing Co., Inc., Greenville, MS 3/1974, operated for Peavey Co., Alton, IL. Transferred to Williamson Leasing Co., Greenville, MS 1979. Sold to TPC Transportation Co., St. Louis, MO 4/1981. Sold to Aqua Marine Equipment Management, Inc., Baytown, TX 12/1983. Sold to Transcontinental Towing Co., Inc., Edwardsville, IL, renamed Emma Catherine 6/1985, renamed Texas Rose 3/1987. Sold to Virgie Gray, Houston, TX 1988. Sold to West Indies Transport Co., Inc., St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 9/1988., converted to ship docking tug, renamed Wit Assist I
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