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Ira Vaughn #241259 Length 102.9 feet - Breadth 22.6 feet - Single screw towboat Built 1941 by Nashville Bridge Co., Nashville, TN. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:50 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Courtesy of Boat Photo Museum, Dan Owen - Thanks, Dan! As Universal Oiler On The Chain Of Rocks Canal, 6/1968 (4 of 10)
GM 16-567BTL diesel, repowered 1967, 1600 hp. Falk reduction gears, 2.48:1. Originally Kenwood, owned by Kosmos Towing Co., Louisville, KY. Sold to Walter G. Hougland Sons, Paducah, KY, renamed Whayne H 1944; renamed Camilla H 1949. Sold to Chemical Barge Lines, Wilmington, DE 3/1951. Sold to River Towing, Inc., Paducah, KY, renamed Emma V 1/1955. Returned to Hougland fleet, renamed Bill Hougland 1962. Sold to Universal Marine, Inc., New Orleans, LA, renamed Brenda Jones 1963. Renamed Universal Oiler 1968. Sold to Kenner Marine & Machinery Co., Kenner, LA 1971. Sold to Wm. C. Ellis & Sons, Memphis, TN, renamed Ira Vaughn 5/1973. Out of service 2005.
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