GM 12V-71 diesels, 800 hp. Originally Leonore E. Ledet, owned by Leonore Towing, Inc., Lockport, LA. Sold to Arthur-Smith Corp., Houston, TX, renamed Capt. Bill Mantle 3/1979. Sold to Hollywood Marine, Inc., Houston, TX 7/1987. Sold to Kirby Inland Marine, Inc., Houston, TX 10/1999. Sold to San Jacinto Towing, Inc., Pasadena, TX 5/2001. Sold to Texas Marine Shipyard LLC, Dickinson, TX 10/2016.
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