Allie B. #581850 Length 106.7 feet - Breadth 32 feet - Twin screw tug Built 1977 by Quality Shipyards Inc., Houma, LA (hull #138). (Additional Information Below Picture)
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EMD 12-645-E6 diesels 3000 hp. Kort nozzles. Reintjes WAV 1850 reduction gears. Electrical service by two 75kW generator sets. Originally Gulf Whale, owned by Gulf Mississippi Marine Inc., Houston, TX. Firm became Gulf Fleet Marine Incorporated, 1978. Firm merged into Zapata Gulf Marine Service Inc. Houston, TX 1985. Firm merged with Tidewater Marine Incorporated of New Orleans, LA 1992. Acquired by Gulfcoast Transit Co., Tampa, FL, a subsidiary Tampa Electric Co., Tampa, FL, renamed Janet Graham 1998. Acquired by Express Marine Incorporated of Camden, NJ, renamed Express Explorer 2000. Acquired by the Dann Ocean Towing Company of Tampa, FL, renamed Allie B. 2006. (Above information provided by TugboatInformation.com)
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