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Uncle Otis #278241
Length 60 feet - Breadth 14.1 feet - Single screw towboat
Built 1940 by Burger Boat Co., Manitowoc, WI.

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Last Updated at 8:54 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Copyright Photo by David Smith - Thanks, David!
At Big Sandy River Mile 7, 9/2015

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Cat diesel, repowered 1959, 300 hp.
Originally Lucien S. Johnson,
in Cincinnati Corps of Engineers fleet,
transferred 1947 to Louisville District.
Sold to Portsmouth Docking Co., Portsmouth, OH 11/1956,
renamed Donald H 1970.
Sold to Standard Slag Co., Wheelersburg, OH 1976,
renamed Stanmat 1977.
Sold to BB Riverboats, Inc., Newport, KY,
renamed Shirley B 1981.
Sold to River Marine Enterprises LLC, Paducah, KY,
renamed Uncle Otis 12/2016.
Headed For Scrap Yard, 6/2018?



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