Virginia C #563448 Length 40.5 feet - Breadth 18 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1975 by Sneed's Shipbuilding, Inc., Bridge City, TX. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:55 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Mark Haury - Thanks, Mark! Underway On The River Before 1/2000
GM 8V-71 diesels, 600 hp. Red. 4.5:1. Originally Mary E, owned by Sure Hope Towing Co., Inc., Bridge City, TX. Sold to Alamo Barge Lines, Inc., Houston, TX, renamed Virginia C 8/1977. Rebuilt with retractable pilothouse 1984. Sold to Hollywood Marine, Inc., Houston, TX 12/1985. Sold to Kirby Inland Marine, Inc., Houston, TX 11/1999. Sold to Western Towing Co., Channelview, TX 7/2000. Documentation expired 12/30/2002.
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