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Curly B #271418 Length 90 feet - Breadth 26 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1956 by Parker Bros. Shipyard, Houston, TX. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 10:23 on Friday, November 8, 2019 Copyright Photo by Jeff L. Yates - Thanks, Jeff! As Waverly Working On The River, Date Unknown (1 of 4)
Cummins KTA38-M diesels, re-powered 1982, 1880 hp. Twin Disc reduction gears, 6.18:1. Originally Waverly, owned by Sioux City & New Orleans Barge Lines, St. Louis, MO. Originally a tug with retractable pilothouse, rebuilt 1970. Transferred to Great Lakes Towing Co., Chicago, IL 11/1971. Transferred back to SCNO fleet 1973, renamed Brother Collins 10/1974. Sold to Calumet Marine Towing Corp., Chicago, IL 1976, renamed Curly B 1980. Off the record 1994.
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